A Birthday Party

We had Dylan's birthday party this afternoon and thank goodness it's over because I think the anticipation was a bit much for him. He couldn't get to sleep last night and spent all morning bouncing off the walls, waiting for his friends to get here.

We had lots of fun playing water balloon games, breaking the pinata, eating cupcakes and playing on the trampoline. It was a fun and exhausting two hours.

Dylan opening presents.

Dylan taking a swing at the pinata.

Opening more presents.

Paige enjoying a sucker.

All in all, I think Dylan had a fun day. We'll have more pictures after we celebrate his actual birthday this week.

33 Weeks

No wonder people keep asking me how I'm feeling, when I'm due, how much longer I have etc. I look like I'm about ready to pop and I've still got 6+ weeks to go.

A Visit From the Tooth Fairy

Dylan reached yet another milestone this summer. Not only did he pass level 1 swim lessons and learn to ride his bike without training wheels, we can now add losing a tooth to that list. He has had a loose tooth for quite awhile now and has been waiting for it to come out. It finally got really loose and he just pulled it out himself. He was so excited and thought it it was "fun and cool" and that was before the tooth fairy even came to visit. Here are a few more pictures of the missing bottom tooth.

Dylan also started 1st grade this past week. He really likes his classroom. He has his own desk with a drawer underneath to store all his school supplies and his teacher has a ton of books in their room so he's excited about that too.

We're getting ready to celebrate his birthday next week and he's looking forward to his party. Hard to believe he will be 6 years old! Even more hard to believe that I'm the mother of a 6 year old 1st grader who lost his first tooth, is learning how to swim and can ride a two-wheeler. What a kid!!!

Paige Update

So I'm finally adding another post. It's really not all my fault that it has been so long. Our computer has been having problems lately and it finally decided to die on us. Fortunately we were able to buy a replacement through Bill's school at a very reasonable price. So onto the update.

Paige has been doing very well since having her tubes put in. We've noticed many improvements in her speech, in fact, it gets better almost every day. She is using more sounds and putting multiple words together so it's getting much easier to understand and communicate with her. It's quite fun to say a word or sentence and then see how close she can come to repeating it. She still has a lot of catching up to do but we are encouraged by the progress she is making.

We also finally got rid of her beloved binky. It actually went quite smoothly and she has learned to put herself to sleep without it. Next goals: potty-training and moving her into a "big girl" bed. Wish us luck.

Here are a few pictures from the past few weeks. Hope you enjoy!

This was my attempt to french braid her hair. Pretty good for a squirmy 2 year old.


Enjoying a mini-popsicle. They're perfect for Paige - mini, just like she is :)