Well.

The holidays snuck up on me!
K had her appt with the endo. She's up to about 19lbs! That's great improvement! And she's on the growth chart for length now! (10% I think) The Endo said that we'll do a recheck in 6 months and if she's had as good or better growth we can be discharged! (possibly do a bone scan to estimate her height first. We will discuss that when it comes)
James is almost 30lbs finally. He weighed in at 29 1/2 when he and Kaylee got croup just before Christmas. He's loving hockey, and preschool. His new favorite lunch: Buttered bread with a slice of cheese and dill relish. Not so appealing to me but he LOVES it.
K still drinks her toddler formula. Which is ok but she doesn't let me brush her teeth very well and with that stuff she really needs it! I already need to call and get her teeth cleaned again. I want to switch her to a straw cup so badly but I don't want her to stop drinking her "milk" in protest. It's a catch 22. SHe is getting much better at chewing and eating though. The other day she used a spoon to eat her soup and ate the whole bowl! And she loves cereal bars (Big bird bars she calls them because the brand we bought has big bird!)

Tomorrow James turns 5. I can't believe it! I made him a hockey cake on Sunday when my parents visited. And in October he asked me out of no where for hockey pucks as his birthday treat for school. Yeah sure son. But I'm proud to say I did it - it took some failures but I did it! (we have oreos dipped in Hershey's chocolate - peanut free of course as per school rules - Finger jello hockey pucks and hockey puck krispie treats which are just round chocolate rice krispie treats)
On the high calorie front I really don't have any new tricks. Advice for the picky though: Be persistent. It takes forever and a day but it does start to pay off. I've had some luck getting J to try new things by letting him create his own "recipe."