Not that many posts ago, I mentioned that I was going to try to do better about posting more often. That obviously did not happen. Sometimes it just doesn’t feel like there’s much happening in our lives that anyone would want to read about. So since the last post, we’ve just been chillin’…
and posing for pictures.
The kids were Dr. Seuss’s Thing 1 & Thing 2 for Halloween. They were not very cooperative with photos, and then we forgot to try again once we got home, so here’s the best we got.
For those of you who don’t know, we found out we’re having a girl! We had a level 2 ultrasound, and everything with her heart looks perfect & they found no markers for Down Syndrome (my first trimester screening was elevated), so that was all very good news to receive! We are currently at a standstill on her name. We both have names we like, just not the same ones.
Addison & Austin continue to play so well together. It’s really fun to listen to them playing & talking together. Today I heard Austin say, “Come on, Addison. Let’s play cakes” (a game they made up). So cute!
In the last few weeks Addison has made some huge progress in her speech! It was, of course, right after we had been talking with her speech therapist and teachers about how we didn’t feel like she was talking much and what could we be doing to encourage this more. And then she just comes out with phrases, concepts and even sentences that I had no idea she could form! It’s been a lot of fun! Here she is today at lunch. She insisted on puppy sitting in her chair and she’d “feed” him and then take her bite, the whole time conversing with puppy, “More mac & cheese? Okay. Here you go. Yummy!” Anytime she wanted something she’d say “Puppy wants milk” or “Puppy more apple.” And if I’d ask “You want more apple?” she’d say, “No, puppy more apple.”
Austin is currently obsessed with baseball. We’re not really sure where this has come from. We watched the World Series, but he was asleep for most of it. These are some of the phrases we commonly here him saying around the house:
“I love baseball, Mommy.”
“I GOT IT” (with a coozie over his hand, held up in the air)
“C’mon Rangers.”
“I play baseball” (usually right before he throws something he shouldn’t be)
As you may imagine, Wes is pretty excited.
I’ll really try again to do better with blogging. Hopefully with the holidays coming I’ll have more to share. Thanks for staying tuned.
