See what's happening

Grady had his 18 month checkup yesterday, and all is well. He's running and climbing and yapping and doing all the things a little guy should. He's up to 23 pounds and still 30 inches, which means he either hasn't grown any taller in the last three months or they really stretched him out too far last time they measured. Nothing to worry about, he's been a peanut and is going to continue being a peanut. Maybe he'll become a jockey. Aside from him being a bit on the tiny side, everything is going so well for him. It's just such a relief after all the anxiety with Evan to just hear that things are normal. You really appreciate it so much more when you've already walked that other road.

Evan is all wrapped up in Christmas. He's constantly peering up the chimney or insisting that he hears reindeer on the roof. And they must be learning a load of Christmas carols in school, because every day he comes home with a new one. Today it was "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer", which I tried to convince him was actually "Jenny the Red Faced Mommy". He wasn't buying. It's fun to see him so excited, I just hope he's not disappointed if Santa doesn't bring him everything he asked for. He wants a GPS system for crying out loud. The elves can only do so much.

My dear husband has nearly been elected county assessor--you can read about it here. The whole thing is cracking me up. This kind of crazy stuff seems to happen to us all the time. Even if he doesn't end up with the position, just laughing our asses off over the Board of Elections letter was enough for me. This is what it's like to be married to Mike, if you were wondering. Never a dull moment at our house.

As for me, I'm getting a lot done around the old homestead lately, which is great. It's been a long and tiring week--I painted the dining room finally, and it's taken me a few days to get things back in order. I feel much better now that it's done though, so that should count for something. Now I can go ahead and put up the Christmas tree this weekend. Mike and I really want to get LED lights for the tree this year, but we'll see if that actually happens. Time is running short.