Summer Soccer

This summer has been full of new and exciting things for the kids. One thing that has stayed consistant week to week has been soccer. This is Audrey's first session, Ryan has done it a few times before. It is an indoor soccer league which is great for the North Carolina summers.

First Tooth/ First Word

Kenzie cut her first tooth yesterday. She seems perfectly happy, let's hope all of teething goes this well! Ryan and Audrey were not as calm about it- they got super snotty with ear infections etc.

Kenzie also said her first word "Dada"... she is super proud of herself and when she first said it she was looking at Don with a big smile on her face. No she repeats it over nad over again.

Surgery/ Projects/ Matching PJs

On Thursday Don had surgery to fix his herniated scar from the surgery he had a few years ago to fix his perforated bowel. It is a painful recovery and the kids and I have tried to find things to keep us busy so that we aren't bothering him while he rests ( At least we can leave the house now- for the first 24 hours he couldn't be left alone). One of my projects has been to move all of Audrey's 3T clothes into storage and pull out the 4Ts and Move Kenzie up to 6M clothes. There is a lot of laundry and sorting to this project. One bonus is that I found a set of matching PJ's! This is probably the only sibling matching outfit I have (since it was harder to buy matching for boy/ girl). The kids like it so much I am going to have to find a cute pair that all three kids can have- maybe for Christmas! 

5 Months Old

Weekend in Chicago

I had a weekend in Chicago to celebrate at my friend Rachel's Bachelorette party. I'm sad I won't be able to attend the wedding but I am excited for her and happy that I did get a chance to celebrate with her. We had brunch at Bistro Margot and then went Bar hopping. It was a lot of fun and then I stayed an extra night to meet her fiance and have a night to myself!  I even had time to walk around the city- it made me both miss it and appreciate home. 

Audrey 4 Year Stats

Audrey had her 4 Year old appointment today. She is healthy and has recently had a growth spurt. She is 32.8 Pounds (25%) and 40.5" (75%). She gained more inches (3.5") than pounds (3) in the last year! She did not do well on her hearing test, they said it could be that she didn't understand the test or an actual hearing issue- she will go back for another test when Ryan goes back to do his re-test (one of his ears failed). She passed everything else with flying colors during the assessment.

End of School Pictures

Camp Blazing Trails

Ryan had his first week at summer camp last week. He used to be so freaked out to do anything for the first time that I was really nervous about sending him. He loved it! He jumped right out of the car into a group of kids and was off! They did kayaking, archery, hiking, games, fishing etc. I can't believe how much he has grown up!

Audrey's "Frozen" 4th Birthday Party!!

Reading Frozen

"Elsa Says"

Teagan

Facepainting

 Julia 

 Kenzie

 Leigh and Hollynn

Pinata

Heather, Leroy, Trace and Julia

Neha, Mark and Audrey

Baby Kenzie finally found a place to sleep! 

 The Boys

Ryan and Anders

Nora

Matching Dresses