Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Hey guys;

Gracie is finished with school on May 30th. I can't believe the school year is over already. Preston and I are so proud of her! I just had a meeting with her teacher yesterday about the possibility of holding her back a year. She said she's confident Gracie will be alright if we had her continue to 1st grade, although holding her back wouldn't hurt anything either. Academically, Grace isn't at the same level as the other kids in her class, but she's not too far behind to be unable to catch up. 1st grade has more "structured learning" and less "play time" than Kindergarten, maybe that's what Gracie needs. She easily distracted, but this is also her first experience with making and keeping friends that she sees on a regular basis, so we half expected her to react to school the way she did... all play and no work. Preston and I think it will benefit her to hold her back. We don't want to fall too far behind if she's not ready for 1st grade. Not to end on a sour note, Gracie is doing great. She's improved a great deal compared to the levels testing she did at the beginning of the year, we're very proud!

Big news in the Harmon house... Olivia started teething! She started biting the hell out of Preston's fingers the week of April 13th, we just thought it was cute! I was letting her chew on my finger on Friday (May 16th) and felt something where her bottom front left tooth would be, but she wasn't showing any sign of teething yet besides the biting, so I thought nothing of it. Then Monday, at my mom's house, she was unusually fussy (she almost NEVER fusses). Preston looked in her mouth and saw it. We were so surprised, and happy. We gave her infant Tylenol and Baby Orajel, we quickly found out she HATES Orajel. Now she only whines a couple minutes when I give it to her.

She got her first set of shots on April 30th. Three shots and an oral immunization. She cried when they gave them to her, but once I picked her up, she stopped. I handled it better than I thought I would. Preston cried when Gracie got her shots when she was two :) Olivia doesn't have another appointment until July 1st for her second round of shots. She's getting so big. On 4/30, she weighed 10 lbs 2 oz and she was 22 1/2 inches long. The doctor said she's right smack in the middle of the line graphs of average weight, length and head circumference of a two month old. She's just a little cutie.

Talk to you all soon