Recent visits

We had a wonderful visit recently with Andrea's parents. Luke especially enjoyed some quiet time with Grandma reading books. John, Papa and I got some work started on remodeling the bathroom. It will be a long and messy job but we got a good start.
You may be wondering about Luke's head. He fell into a cabinet drawer and cut it open. His scar will match the one both John and Hannah have over their left eye. Thankfully he is healing well.

Missing teeth

As you can see, Hannah lost her first tooth today. She did very well with the whole thing even letting Mommy finish pulling it out at the end. She is very excited about her visit from the tooth fairy.

Growing Up

Luke is growing up. He has moved into a toddler bed and loves it. So far he has not fallen out of it either. He is also learning to use the potty and does very well with it. He doesn't always tell us when he has to go but considering that we weren't trying to teach him, he has done very well. It is hard to beleive that my little boy is this big. His speach has really come a long too. He is easier to understand and speaking in sentences.

Hannah will be starting her kindergarten work in a month. She breezed through pre-school and we received her kindergarten curriculum in the mail last weekend. We are very excited about it and know she will do well.

Water Fun

A few weeks ago, Nana and Papa took all of us to an indoor water park. Obviously the children had a wonderful time. The toddler pool was the perfect depth for them to walk, play and splash around in. It also had two water slides that Hannah must have gone down 50 times. Luke enjoyed playing in all of the little water spouts but did not like the slides.

As for Hannah, she has this to say about the experience, "I loved the water park. I liked swimming and I liked the hotel room. I loved the pool and the bucket tipping on everyone. I loved the purple slide. I liked the blue slide too. Daddy took me on the river and so Nana went to the water park with us and she loved the water park too. Uncle Seth, Aunt Sarah, Aunt Lindsey, Uncle Patrick, Ms. Tara and Uncle Aaron all helped me learn to go down the big purple slide. They played with me a lot."

John and I had a wonderfully relaxing time. Half of the time, other people were watching the kids and we could relax and enjoy ourselves. It was a much needed rest and a beautiful time spent with our extended family.

Gift of Good Health

Both children had check-ups this week. Hannah had her regular 5 year old check-up and was thankfully found very healthy. We of course, think she is doing great.

Luke had his annual visit at the Cranial-facial clinic. He saw all 8 specialists and all are very pleased with his development. His speech is advanced for his age, his hearing is perfect and he is exceeding all expectations. He will still face more surgeries in the future, as soon as a year from now perhaps. Right now however, we are very thankful for our two little miracles.