Audrey is 2 Years and 9 Months old!

It's amazing how quickly another month has passed! Here's an update on our favorite younger daughter. ;)

- She is such a little Mommy to her babies.  Every single day she is carrying them, washing them, changing their diapers, feeding them, pushing them in strollers, etc.... it's non-stop!  Baby dolls are really the only toys she plays with regularly.  She adores them! (Except for this one day, when apparently her baby was so cute, she could eat him up?? Hahaha!)

- she can count to 12 with no mistakes.

- she is addicted to popsicles. (Even this one- at 7am!)

- she is completely healed from her laryngeal cleft surgery and can drink with NO GEL at all....did you understand what I just wrote? NO. GEL. AT. ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  We are BEYOND thrilled!

- she enjoyed every minute of our vacation and getting to swim and play at the beach.  She especially loved the airplane ride and asks every day when we get to go again!

- she loves going to gymnastics class and is doing really well learning all kinds of new tricks.

-She has been very silly lately-- telling us silly stuff to make us laugh and doing funny little things just for shock value.  Very entertaining!

That's life right now.  Check back soon!! :)

Emily is 5 years and 7 months old!

Another crazy busy month-- Emily is now signed up for Kindergarten (Class of 2026!) and is sliding into the home stretch of preschool.  Swimming lessons are over and tball has begun- and she is actually really good at tball!  Here's our month, in photos!

Her whole class before Preschool graduation:

Before her dance recital- she was a Munchkin in the show "Over the Rainbow" (a Wizard of Oz adaptation).

 - On vacation at Myrtle Beach-- at Ripley's Aquarium:

 - She spent every day swimming for HOURS-- I bet you anything she flipped over 1000 times in the water...not exaggerating one little bit!

Audrey is 2 Years and 8 Months Old!

Our sweet Audrey beans is doing so well.  It's been a wild month so let's get right in it!

-We spent some time in Cincinnati in the middle of the month.  Audrey had an appointment with a renowned pediatric ENT surgeon to repair her laryngeal cleft.  We spent a super fun day exploring the Newport (KY) area and took Audrey to Build A Bear, the Cincinnati Zoo (she got to feed a giraffe-- so much fun!) and then showed up nice and early for her surgery the next day.  She stayed overnight at the hospital and we were discharged the next day.  Now begins the tedious task of weaning down her gel thickener as she learns to drink regular liquids.

 - She has made HUGE strides with potty training this week-- earning lots of Little Debbie cakes (we call them PooPoo Cakes-- she earns one for every time she poops in the potty!)  She is so proud of herself! She is nearly completely potty trained now and we are so happy for her- she is wonderful.

 - We spend lots and lots of time looking out the window for bugs and birds.  She is very interested in birds but the bugs make her scared....either way it's a very dramatic and very entertaining reaction when she sees either one!

 -We have spent a lot of time outside as well- wandering around, dancing, etc.  We are hardly inside at all anymore- so happy for warmer weather!

 - We headed to the beach for a week of vacation- so needed!  The girls LOVED Ripley's Aquarium and getting to swim for hours every day. 

 - We've spent lots of time unclothed as well (well, she has- I like to wear clothes haha).  We find Audrey buck naked more often than not...such a funny kiddo.  :)