Melançon Family Weblog

Well, another busy month over…wow this year is going by fast!
 
So Xavier has 7 teeth now!! Can you believe it?? Cassidy didn’t get his 1^st till he was 9 months. He got his 5th tooth Sunday (Nov. 26) and his 6th and 7th Tuesday (Nov. 28).  He’s growing like a weed and is noticeable bigger this week than last week…must be all the Thanksgiving food! We (I) have determined he has an allergy to citric acid, a very common preservative in baby food fruit and also in animal crackers! (doh!) So he’s mostly eating veggies and ‘nilla wafers (loves ‘em) and a few fruits…I’m going to have to start mashing up regular fruit from the organics section probably for him.  He’s still scooting along on his stomach and has mastered the rolling over…and over and over…across the living room!  He loves to walk if you hold both his hands he’ll walk across the room. He hates to lay down and will roll over if you have the nerve to do so and prefers me in his site at all times.  He got an ear infection from the plane ride home from Mass.; it tried (and failed…haha!!) to turn into pneumonia.
 
Cassidy is hale and hearty (except for the cold he just got over). I think he got that from the plane ride home from Mass. I’m going to check into that stuff they have out now that you can take before flying and it helps you from getting sick…maybe kids can take it. Anyways, he enjoyed our brief weekend trip to see Grandpa & Grandma Melancon, Grandpapa, Great Aunt Judy, Uncles Ben & Jake & Veronica. Weather was not so good, but we didn’t have anywhere to go so it was ok.
 
Daniel graduated from Air Force boot camp. We are very proud! He looks rather dashing (snicker J) in his dress blues and very different with no hair. He’s now moved onto his technical training at Keesler AFB and we get to talk to him much more often. He’ll be coming home (maybe) for a week or so at the end of the year…YEA!!!!!!!!
 
Eva is deciding between 2 grad programs. Either Masters in Civil Engineering (reasons are pretty apparent) and Masters of Science in Leadership with and Emphasis in Disaster Preparedness and Crisis Management (cuz it sounds pretty cool…and would actually probably prove useful).
 
Our visit to Mass. was good. We got to see all the Melançon side of the family and the boys had a good time.

Thanksgiving was good too. We got to see most of the Williams side of the family and I didn’t have to cook much at all!! Everyone else did the cooking and cleaning and we have leftovers to last for months!