Life at the Shook house has been crazy- Eric has been interviewing for jobs for the fall- very exciting, but very busy. He actually just got home about 1 hour ago from Madison, WI where he was interviewing for a tenure-track faculty position. Last week, he was gone from Sunday-Tuesday interviewing in Kent, OH at Kent State University for a tenure-track faculty position. He was offered a fellowship at Dartmouth the Friday before that after a few phone interviews with them. We are very thankful to have an offer on the table and are anxious to get some decisions made soon. We are hoping to hear from Kent State either late this week or early next week. Now that interviews are done, Eric will be focusing on finishing up his dissertation.
I've been staying busy with the kids. We have been going to lots of playgroups. I have been trying to take the kids to the library one morning a week- they seem to really enjoy that. I've been holding down the fort while Eric has been galavanting around ;)
Oliver is busy as ever- He loves doing crafts- especially when they involve cutting and gluing. We painted on Monday and he was by far the messiest of the three kids- he painted his hands almost up to his wrists. We have been working on trying new foods and he is making some progress- he tried pineapple and liked it. He tried shredded cheese and blueberries- may not sound like much, but improvements. He is actually finishing up supper right now and is thinking about thinking about eating a vegetable :)
Parker is our wild man. He goes 100% all the time. We are planning to move him to a big boy bed in March sometime. He loves trains and all things that go. He likes craft time-painting is his favorite- and drawing on the walls and couch- I've learned crayons and pens cannot be left out with him around. He loves books right now- his favorite book is Dinosaurumpus and we read it many times every day. He is talking more and more and he definitely has a lot to say!
Julia is changing quickly. She is rolling and getting around that way. She is full of smiles and tolerates her brothers very well. She likes to snuggle and be held. She had really good results on her AFP levels at her most recent test- she was at a 71 (which is actually in the normal range for kids her age without BWS). Her tongue reduction surgery is scheduled for February 27th- 2 weeks from today!!
So now that you are up to date, I will be working on keeping everyone that way. And I will post pictures tomorrow too :)
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