Dexterity

I think every weekend there is a specific intent to take more pictures, get a new video or two, and get them up on the blog. Unfortunately, the best plans don't often seem to come to fruition in these new days of feeling constantly overwhelmed with things to be done, where time runs very fast.

Zac did pick up a new thing this weekend, making the connection between watching us clap for him and clapping his hands for him, to actually doing it on his own. He's now, of course, very proud of himself when he claps and we try to affirm him as much as we see it. Since he's feeling pretty much back to normal, he is back to his regular happy self most of the time, also.

Some good news to share is that we have found an in-home daycare option and will be able to remove Zac from the current daycare situation we hate at the end of this month. We could do it now, but financially, we'd already paid for the last two weeks of October and don't want to be poor stewards with the money God has given us. What's cool is that his new care provider will be the wife of the singles pastor at our church. She has two children of her own, the youngest is one year old, and we know she'll take great care of Zac. Though the cost will be slightly higher than what we presently pay, it is still well below what we'd expected and he'll receive much better care and individual attention than he has been, plus he shouldn't end up sick nearly as often either. Praise God!

Zac A Bit Under

All week we've been battling something with Zac that we thought was related to teething. He's had all the classic symptoms, but no teeth, and it continued beyond when we thought it should. Today the daycare called Katy at work this afternoon and let her know he was in OK spirits, but every time he had to go to the bathroom he cried, and he wasn't taking his bottles well.

So Katy left early, picked him up and took him to an urgent care, where they diagnosed him with a yeast infection. I checked with one of my employees and she advised her son had the same thing happen when he was close to Zac's age. They also weighed him while he was there and he came in at 17 lbs, 12 oz. I know he was still wearing a clean diaper and a onesie, but that doesn't add up to much, so that's a bit more weight than I thought he'd put on. Katy just returned from picking up his prescription, and we're going to feed him bananas daily to try to solidify things. Hopefully we can make him more comfortable and help him heal.

Please keep him in your prayers this weekend, and if you don't mind, continue praying that our house sells soon. It'd be a big help to stop paying two house payments! :)