Elizabeth’s Journal

Off the Charts

Today Kayleigh is six months old. How did that happen so fast??? She visited the doctor this morning for her checkup, and he pronounced her—again—the perfect baby. (I bet he says that to all the parents .) Her height at 28 inches is “off the charts”, and her weight is 80th percentile, so she’s tall and skinny. The tallness must come from the Churchett side of the family, since the tallest one on my side is Mom. She’s strong for her age, and everything works and sounds beautiful, he said—she is Thriving with a capital T. Must be all the laughs we have! (Except for those evenings like last night when I wonder why in the world we thought it was a good idea to have children in the first place . . . )

Kayleigh’s latest trick is snorting. Not very ladylike, but she sure thinks it’s funny. Just before Joy & Brian arrived a couple of weeks ago, she mastered blowing raspberries, and last night she was combining blowing raspberries with her snorts—she wrinkles up her nose, grins, and then snorts at you. It’s really most amusing.