Yes, I know I have not blogged in some time. I enjoy reading everyone else's blogs but don't feel like I have much to say. Today is a different story though! I have posted most recently about Emily, so I thought I would share some about Audrey.
She is a very healthy and active 3 year old (soon to be 4). She loves to hang out with her big sis. In July she was diagnosed with Esotropia. It is a condition with her eyes that causes her not to see in 3D, plus she doesn't use her eyes together and also causes her eyes to be crossed. As a result of that, she now has bi-focal glasses. She has adjusted to the glasses really well.
We were fortunate to find a great place in St. Joe, MI that can help treat her using vision therapy. We have seen some progress since July, so that is a plus. We have been told to expect up to 9 months of therapy, which occurs twice a week. She has been doing well with the therapy, and again, fortunate that I am off two days a week, so I'm able to take her up to St. Joe for the therapy sessions.
One of the things she has had difficulty with was riding her bicycle. She just didn't have the coordination to ride. One of the things they work on in therapy is coordination. This summer she was staying at my parents house and we got a text after we had left, showing her riding her tricycle. Apparently the therapy sessions helped because she was riding her tricycle like a champ at their house. She came home the next week and showed us how she could ride and absoutely loved it! Today we entered her in the Apple Festival tricycle/bike competition. They had a 2-3 year old race. She absoutely loved it and her sister was a great cheerleader! See for yourself how well she did...
We were so thrilled with how well she did. She got 1st place!! She was one very excited child and even got her picture taken with one of the Apple Festival princesses.
We are looking forward to enjoying the actual Apple Festival next weekend. Hopefully the weather cooperates and we have nice weather.
Audrey has also been enjoying being a big kid. This month she started Cubbies in our Awana program at church. She loves learning her verses just like Emily does. She was super excited Wednesday because she finally earned her vest and "big book".
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Where does the time go??
I was taking a break from our blog, but never meant for it to go a year before posting again!
This past year has gone by very quickly, though doing what, I'm not really for sure.
Emily started Kindergarten this past fall and loves it. I think she most loves being able to go with daddy to work everyday and being able to see him occasionally throughout the day! Getting used to checking her backpack for homework is hard! Fortunately she doesn't have homework very often. She is doing a fantastic job reading. I'm amazed at how well she can read. It is hard to believe that she turns 6 years old tomorrow! Where does the time go??
Audrey continues to show us more of her personality. She turned 3 in November. She is very active and talkative. I had a friend remind me several months ago that when she was younger I was concerned because she wasn't talking much. Boy, has that ever changed in the past year! She'll talk your ear off if you let her. She loves to play with Emily and tries to do everything Emily does. She really looks up to her big sister. In January she finally became potty trained!! It is such a blessing to not have to buy diapers anymore. She enjoys trying to help either August or I in whatever we might be doing.
August continues to stay busy with church. He is enjoying the spring weather we've been having and has been looking forward to mowing the yard. He just couldn't wait any longer and mowed the front yard last night. I think he just looks forward to a little peace and quiet!
I have been staying busy as well. In October I took on some more responsibilites at work and now do both payroll and benefits. It has been an easy transition, but does require me to now work 3 days a week instead of 1.5 days. It is nice to have 2 days off during the week. Audrey especially enjoys her mommy and Audrey days and always wants to do a special game. I have LOVED the spring weather and have been able to go walking outside this past week. It is so nice to be able to walk outside!
That's just a little bit to get you caught up on what we've been doing. Hopefully I will do better and start posting more regularly!
This past year has gone by very quickly, though doing what, I'm not really for sure.
Emily started Kindergarten this past fall and loves it. I think she most loves being able to go with daddy to work everyday and being able to see him occasionally throughout the day! Getting used to checking her backpack for homework is hard! Fortunately she doesn't have homework very often. She is doing a fantastic job reading. I'm amazed at how well she can read. It is hard to believe that she turns 6 years old tomorrow! Where does the time go??
Audrey continues to show us more of her personality. She turned 3 in November. She is very active and talkative. I had a friend remind me several months ago that when she was younger I was concerned because she wasn't talking much. Boy, has that ever changed in the past year! She'll talk your ear off if you let her. She loves to play with Emily and tries to do everything Emily does. She really looks up to her big sister. In January she finally became potty trained!! It is such a blessing to not have to buy diapers anymore. She enjoys trying to help either August or I in whatever we might be doing.
August continues to stay busy with church. He is enjoying the spring weather we've been having and has been looking forward to mowing the yard. He just couldn't wait any longer and mowed the front yard last night. I think he just looks forward to a little peace and quiet!
I have been staying busy as well. In October I took on some more responsibilites at work and now do both payroll and benefits. It has been an easy transition, but does require me to now work 3 days a week instead of 1.5 days. It is nice to have 2 days off during the week. Audrey especially enjoys her mommy and Audrey days and always wants to do a special game. I have LOVED the spring weather and have been able to go walking outside this past week. It is so nice to be able to walk outside!
That's just a little bit to get you caught up on what we've been doing. Hopefully I will do better and start posting more regularly!
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