Another McMahon Family Update

Well, it's been a month since the last entry, so I figured that I should write another update. For those of you who are still checking...sorry that we've become rather lazy in typing entries. This summer has flown by so quickly, it some ways everything seems like a blur. The girls are continuing to develop normally and become more active. Makaila is now pushing her upper body up, rolling around the room, laughing, making cooing noises, grasping toys with both hands and getting ready to start crawling. Faith is basically doing the same things, although she gets more frustrated when she is in the crawling position on her tummy. The other day we started feeding them solids, which they tolerated well (while making many funny faces). At their pediatrition appointment last week, Makaila weighed in at a whopping 13.8 lbs, and Faith was slightly lighter at 12.15 lbs. Both girls are in the 10th-15th percentile for their weight (which means 85-90% of children their age are heavier). Two weeks ago, Makaila had a brief three night hospital stay due to a urinary track infection. I decided to take her into emergency because she had been fighting a fever for a few days, and sure enough, after doing blood work and taking a urine sample, she tested positive for e-coli in her urine. As a s result, she was put on antibiotics for 10 days.
We will be heading off for three weeks of holidays at the end of the month where we will be spending most of our time at Sprout Lake. Graham's parents have offered to take all three kids for three nights, so Graham and I will be staying at a cabin (without kids) in Ucluelet. We also plan on visiting great-grandparents in Victoria as well as my parents in Courtenay. The day after we return from our holidays, Graham will be doing the kick-off for his Wednesday night youth nights.

Thanks for checking back with us every so often. You can assume that no new entries means that life with three children is extremely busy and that there's not much time to do anything else at this time. No news is good news.

Blessings,
The McMahons