I spend most of my time with Abby and Elliott, so most posts will be about them. Here is my Jacob! He is so awesome and never stops amazing me. He takes benchmark tests every month in Math and Reading. Even though he is supposed to score a 70% by the end of the year on these two tests, he has scored 100% on both tests! I couldn't be more proud of him. He is not in the honors class, but that is fine with me. There is sometimes too much pressure in those classes and he is the last person that needs stress. He is extremely sensitive, so I would hate for his self-esteem to be flattened. He has also taught himself how to multiply. I don't really know how he figured it out. We had one conversation before he went to bed about the principles of multiplication and how it all works. Ever since he has been giving me multiplication problems on a daily basis. He is even multiplying two digits by one digit. His reading is coming along. Although he doesn't read fast, he is very careful to get all the words right. His comprehension is unbeatable. Everybody just loves my Jacob. Even during our recent hospital visit, all the nurses and doctors were impressed by how polite he was.
As most of you know, Jacob has had his battles with poor health. He had two kidney stones at the ripe old age of six, but those are no problem now. We have it under control with his diet. At least we think we do. Asthma on the other hand,...not so much. He was hospitalized for 36 hours over his fall break. What started out as an asthma attack in the middle of the night turned into croop which lead to his esophagus closing shut. A little antibiotic and epinephrin paired with breathing in albuterol will kick that junk right out of you! He wasn't really thrilled with having an IV in his arm, but he was a trooper nevertheless. So that fiasco was over then on Sunday his tooth starts hurting. On the 14th of this month Jacob will become royaly, well, his tooth will anyway. He will get a crown on a molar that will stay with him until he is 12. He must have made an arrangement with Heavenly Father that he would take on the illnesses of the family so that Elliott and Abby wouldn't have to go through it.