Here's the Skinny

Well I have determined that I guess I'm just going to have a skinny child. We went to our baby well check for our 9 month check up a couple of weeks ago and we weigh 19.5 (this means we are only in the 25th percentile for weight and 20th percentile for height) The doctor of course was not concerned at all being that we gained 2 lbs since last visit for our 6 month check up. Dr. Neal (Grant's pediatrician) stated "you aren't going to have a Michelin Tire baby....it just isn't in the cards) but that this was a good thing and that his weight was still very much in the normal range.

Also we are in the market for a mini van. We decided we needed this more than anything at this point in our lives and we are tired of traveling literally on top of one another being that both sides of our family are out of town and don't live close enough for us to "rough" it anymore. So Brian has been doing some heavy negotiating with our local Honda dealership and Toyota dealership. We are leaning more towards the Honda Odyssey (consumer reports rates this van as well as the Toyota Sienna as the number one family vans of choice......and they are both very nice.) I never thought I would drive a mini van but at this point comfort and room for the family is priority and far outweighs anything else at this point. I don't know what I am going to do having so much room will definately spoil us but we are ALL looking forward to it. Maybe in a few days I will have some good news and show you a picture (if all goes well with Brian and Richard Peacock at the Honda dealership). We figure we are only going to grow the family in the future and we mize well make the plunge now while dealerships are willing to negotiate at some low low prices due to the economy.