Growing Like A Weed

Cullen says Scott is growing like a weed. It's what Andrew (who was his Best Man) always said about his daughter Rebekah when she was little. Scott is growing fast though. He's up to 9lbs and 7oz already. That's up 2 lbs from his birth weight. (Sorry, but I have no idea what percentile that is... the doctor didn't say and I really didn't care enough to ask.)

Today Scott and I are having our first library adventure. So far, he is sleeping well. He tends to sleep pretty well between 9 and noon everyday though, so it's not really surprising. I just have to make sure we're finished with the errands before he wakes up in another half hour or so.

This past weekend Scott got to meet his Grandma and Granddad. Cullen's parents were in town for a quick visit. I think he likes them :) Although, I also think I discovered that company of any kind after dinner time for Cullen and I seems to mess with Scott's ability to sleep. Meaning, it's harder for him to fall asleep and he wakes up more. Guess we'll try and limit evening visitors next weekend.

Next week we'll be having our first overnight visitors... Great Grandma and Grandpa Gardner. I can't wait to see them! They are going to be here at the perfect time too... besides the evening visitors thing, Cullen is going to be heading back to Lancaster for a business trip next week, about the same time Grandma and Grandpa get here. How convenient. Then on Friday, while they are still here, Patience goes for her yearly shots. It will be very nice to have an extra pair of hands at the vets office!

In other news... we grown ups, who had recently decided to retire from youth ministry are back. The youth director resigned a few weeks ago and another couple at church stepped up to take on that role. However, they left a hole where they had been teaching youth Sunday School. Cullen and I have agreed to help with youth Sunday School and we'll be switching off with another couple. We're all pretty excited about it right now and excited to get to know the youth at our new church better. Pray for us in this endeavor.

Winter Weather

It's been a pretty typical week for all of us. Work, eat, sleep, etc.

Actually, we had our first baby class at the hospital class on Monday. It wasn't bad. Not sure I learned very much, but perhaps one or two helpful things for getting started nursing.

Last night and this morning we've had some winter weather, which means freezing rain. Oh joy. So, this morning we took our time with the whole getting to work thing. Cullen went in a little late and managed to avoid the biggest traffic messes by altering his route slightly. I waited a bit longer and headed in to work after it had been light out for a while and I had no troubles either.

We're pleased that our church has decided to do the Candle Light service (which would normally be on Christmas Eve) next Wednesday, so we'll get to be there for that. And of course, we'll be staring in the choirs Christmas program this Sunday morning as Mary and Joseph. The best part of that is that we'll get to carry a real baby, who's only 3 weeks old.

10 days til Christmas. We're almost in single digits!