Summer

SIGH.......Summer is coming to an end and I'm wondering where it has gone (although I am looking forward to Fall, it's my favorite time of the year). We have had a lot of fun. We have made trips to the pool, sprinkler park, zoo and countless trips to the playground. In 2 weeks we are taking a long weekend and heading up to STORYLAND in NH. I think the kids will have a blast!

We are trying to gear up for School and Fall activities. Kyle will be in school 2 days and Mackenzie will continue with going for 1 day-They are excited to go back and see Miss Cathy and Miss Kristen! We are looking into Karate for Kyle which will be great for building his core muscles and hopefully helping with his attention issues-A concern for me considering that kids born as early as Kyle are at risk for ADD and other learning issues). Mackenzie will start ballet/tap dancing in the fall. Julia is growing like a weed. She will go for her 4 mth check up next week. She is sleeping through the night--I'm talking in bed at 7:30pm and waking up at 9:00am--We joke that we breed kids that hate car seats and cars but that are FABULOUS sleepers! Her reflux is still being controlled with Meds and she will STILL spit up if you even look at her funny. It baffles me that probably close to 95% of preemies suffer from reflux. Kyle NEVER had any issues with reflux but my Full Term chunky monkey can soak a spit up rag in seconds!

I will leave you all with some pictures although I have not taken nearly as many as I should--last night for instance, Kyle and Mackenzie were rolling down the hill in the yard (the same hill that my brother and I rolled down as kids) and playing leap frog--which ended up as them jumping on TOP of each other instead of OVER each other. It always after the fact I say "I should have brought my camera out!" Speaking of my brother--he is home from Iraq--safely after a year of running an Iraqi prison. No more worries about that--he did not make Chief so will be retiring out of the NAVY after 20yrs of service. We are hoping that he and Anjie will come back Northeast (from San Deigo) for a visit in April--just in time for Julia's 1st Birthday.