Reid and Stefani Adopt

So it finally happened.  My baby boy is now in Kindergarten.   He was pretty apprehensive about going to Kindergarten all summer, but after meeting his teacher, Mrs. Lenix, for the first time, his excitement grew and he couldn't wait to get started. He and I went to a Kindergarten screening in which Mrs. Lenix discovered that not only was Isaac ready for Kindergarten, but he was way beyond where most Kindergartners are.  He is reading very well for a 5 year old that has never been to public school before.  He has been very good in school his first week, coming home with only positive notes from the teacher. I was also happy to discover that his class has some diversity.  He's still in the minority, but at least he'll see other people "with brown skin like me," as he likes to say. All in all, I think it will be a good year for him.  He makes friends easily, and is eager and excited to learn.  We're so proud of him!

Esther has always slept with her mouth open at night and snored heavily.  Lately she's been not hearing well either, as well as having multiple ear infections.  After a couple of visits to the ENT, we decided she needed tubes put in her ears and some of the adenoid tissue out of her nose that she could breath easier.   She had her surgery this past Friday.  The whole ordeal took about 15 after she had been put to sleep.  I got to hold her as she was coming too.  She was a bit grouchy and clingy afterwards, but the popsicles and juice she got afterwards helped bring her around to her cheerful self.  Today she was good enough to go to church.  She's still healing a bit, so after hopefully after a few days she'll sleep more soundly than she ever has before.   Notice the bear in this picture.  This is Esther's all time favorite bear dubbed "soft bear."  He's not so soft as he once was, because she has literally loved the stuffing out of him, and his