King Family Update

I just thought that I'd write to give you a brief update on what's been happening in the King family.

Ms. Trinity had her 1 yr. follow-up appt. from the eye surgery that she had last year. Her eyes have healed perfectly and there is absolutely no sign of eye turn so the surgery was a success. However, upon further examination, it was determined that she has astigmatism.

If you're not familiar with it, astigmatism is a very common vision condition. Most people have some degree of astigmatism. Slight amounts of astigmatism usually don't affect vision and don't require treatment. However, larger amounts cause distorted or blurred vision, eye discomfort and headaches. Trinity has been having lots of headaches and a bit of eye discomfort so, she will be wearing glasses. She's not too thrilled about it but we picked out some really cute purple wire frames and she got to pick out a Hannah Montana case. If you speak to her, please encourage her and let her know how cool she looks in her new glasses.

Trinity has also been having some asthma related issues, coughing & wheezing, so she now has a nebulizer at home and we're giving her breathing treatments twice a day, at home to keep her symptoms under control. She thinks it's cool so she doesn't mind at all.

Ms. Madison is doing well. She just had her 9 month check-up and she is a whopping 23.4 lbs. Yes, that's right. She's also 28 1/4 inches long. She's wearing a size 12 month clothing and even some 18 month clothing. She's really growing but the doctor says she's just fine considering she was nearly 9 lbs at birth. She's eating solid foods and we're starting to cut back on the amount of formula she's drinking. The transition from breast milk to the bottle was a pretty smooth one so I'm hoping this next transition will be as well. She drinks well from her sippy cup so we will be transitioning to that instead of the bottle very soon so that she will be off the bottle by the time she reaches 1 yr. old. She's taking more steps daily (none w/o holding on yet). It's fun to see her develop. She has her 2 bottom teeth and her upper gums are swollen so we know that her top teeth will be in soon.

Taurus and I are well. The Lord has given him a vision to start his own online magazine to empower African-American fathers. President-elect Barack Obama has really inspired him. He has lots of great ideas and is getting favor with a lot of people to help bring this vision to pass. The process has begun and it is so exciting. We are praying for advertisers to get on board so please stand in faith with us for this. Look for an email in the next couple of months when he officially launches the site. He hopes to be up and running by February, black history month.

I am thankful for all of God's many blessings. We ask God for peace and prosperity for all of you during this holiday season. May the Lord continue to richly bless you.