On a roll!

We have exciting news!! Sakora rolled over finally! About 2 weeks ago, she rolled from her back to her stomach and has been doing it quite frequently ever since. She still has trouble going from stomach to back, but we are working on more tummy time and hopefully she will conquer that feat soon. On top of that, we found out that Kacey got an interview with the University of Tennessee for Vet School! He has the interview March 16th (so send up a prayer if you remember!) and the acceptance letters will be mailed out April 2nd. So hopefully we willl have some more good news next month!

Can't hardly believe it, but next week, Sakora will be 5 months! She is starting to get quite the personality and has been a blast the past couple of weeks. Depsite having some major seperation anxiety (over the past 2 or so months, she has very strongly objected to ANYONE else holding her except Kacey and I and Grandma Betty), she has been extremely generous with her smiles and squeals. Bear, MIghty, and Spanky even get some of her amused glances and giggles. Her happiest moments are when she wakes up in the morning, when her Daddy gets home from work (she gets super excited to see Kacey! it's so cute!), immediately after she fills her belly, when we sing and dance for her, and when she gets tickled :) Her growth has started to slow a bit and she is now only in the 75% percentile for weight (she was 15 lbs exactly at her 4 1/2 month check-up). So, the doctor recommended started her on rice cereal sometime this month. Still haven't had her try any, but we did discover that she loves water! At a resturaunt this past weekend, we let her suck little drops of water off my straw and she seemed to be enthralled with the whole thing. Although when Mom gave her a sip off of her straw, there must have been a tad bit of lemon juice because she scrunched up her face and give a quick head shake. I don't think she was expecting sour.

She has started sleeping on her side 50% of the time, which is adorable...

Sporting her track jacket...:) Thanks Dr. Sherrod!

In other news, we had massive, torential rains last week and our backyard was completely flooded, as was much of Fountain City (our Knoxville community). THe main road a few blocks from our house was flooded and Kacey couldn't get home for several hours. He ended up having to leave the Truck in a parking lot and catch a ride from Keyunta in the Tahoe. People were even having to be rescued from their cars by rescue boats. It was nuts! THankfully the waters receeded as quickly as they came once the rain stopped and the only damages suffered were by the fence in our backyard (and both vehicles...ugh). It's hard to tell in the pictures, but the water was gushing through the yard like a rushing river... it even pushed open our neighbors gate and was strong enough to push huge tree limbs into our fence and uproot it.

Kacey and the dogs survey the damage....