Can I Get Barbeque Sauce with These Toes?

Emil is now 6 months old and has discovered his feet and a taste for his toes!!! We find it very funny here in the Baker house (haha) and often ask him if he would like some barbeque sauce to go with them!

Here is a pic of him going at it! Enjoy.

Praise Report for Nyla

Well the Baker family (except Mill of course) was hit by a flu virus! First Azul and Emil came down with fevers and vomiting. Then as soon as the boys recovered, Nyla started running high fevers that would not respond to medicine. This went on for several days, she stopped eating and drinking, was having headaches and constant dizziness. This past Thursday I rushed her to the ER and turned out she had an elevated white blood count of 27,000 and was dehydrated. She had an IV and lots of blood work done. I was upset inside to see my baby being prodded with so many needles but she was a trooper. The nurses commented that she acted better than some adults that had the same things done to them.

As of today she is doing much better. She even had 1 partial meal, the first since last Monday. She is able to hold down liquids as well and is becoming more energetic despite having lost weight. To celebrate I treated her to her first pedicure. I am so grateful that the LORD heard our prayers and those of friends and family. She goes back next week for repeat blood work to retest her white blood count, but I am claiming that it will be normal. GOD IS GOOD.

The Preschooler

I homeschool Nyla but her former preschool allows her to attend their fieldtrips and do occassional drops in days each month. She really looks forward to these times - she adores Ms. Linda (the teacher) and playing with other children her age. Most recently she went on a fieldtrip to Mountain Mike's Pizza and enjoyed making her own culinary creation! Ms. Linda says Nyla is very academically sound and independent. I praise the Lord for her successes, because my heart goes into educating her and I am grateful that HE is directing my steps with her homeschooling.

Here's a little glimpse into her non-homeschool days.....

Emil is Growing!

Well, next week Emil will be 6 months old! I can hardly believe that time has passed so quickly.

He is now a pro at rolling over, away and across any room - cannot leave him unattended for a moment unless he is strapped down in a safety chair. He coos alot - it sounds like he is saying "hi' most of the time.

I am still nursing him, but started food almost a month ago. I make all of his food myself versus using the jar products. For the most part, I just steam or boil fruits and veggies and then puree them, place in Ziploc single containers and freeze until needed. So far he eats, applesauce, pears, carrots, sweet peas, sweet potatoes, zucchini, mashed potatoes, organic rice cereal and squash. This weekend I am introducing corn.

He absolutely loves to eat and grunts in between bites if I am not moving fast enough.

Late Winter Bug!

Well, around the Baker house we are not feeling well. Azul is actually on his way home from school right now. The school nurse called and said he has a temp of 100. He woke up this morning saying he had a headache. He didn't have a fever so I gave him some Tylenol and sent him to school. I feel badly right now about doing so. i did email his teacher though and said to call me if he continued feeling poorly. Of course that means I will have to spoil him when he gets here!!!

Nyla's asthma is flaring so she is on two different types of meds for that. Emil has a runny nose as do I, along with a stuffy head and clogged ears. Mill has managed to go unaffected so far, but he was feeling poorly about a week and a half ago himself.

I am looking forward to Spring.. warm weather and no sniffles.. well except for my seasonal allergies :(