Yes, kind of way late in the year to finally be posting about summer. Been busy being a mom of two wonderful little ones, and going to work part time...still no excuse for not documenting this exciting time in our lives. I need to be better, and so with that being said, it is time to catch up!
My little Audrey is so fun to take pictures of. This summer was full of fun photo-ops. I have a trillion of them. Of course, at the time these were taken, she was still not sure about crawling around...now she is an avid crawler.
James and I have also noticed that Cooper tolerates her more than he does Grant. I don't know if this has anything to do with him not being exiled from sleeping in our bed when we first brought Audrey home (like he was with Grant). Cooper loves to lovingly lick Audrey, and he is never way over-the-top with it, which I love.
I love Audrey's baby feets. I thought they were picture worthy.
I also love that this summer I got an impromptu visit from my parents. They traveled all the way to Evanston to see my sister, Stephanie, and decided to make the 5 hour trek to come see us. I love any time my mom can come and love on my babies. It was a short trip. They came on a Saturday night and left Sunday morning, but we took tons of pics. I'm lucky to have a family that realizes the importance of keeping in touch! It was way fun to see my mom, even if it was only for a short while.
Grant update:
Grant is now saying a few words. James and I are starting to hear sentences. One that we have heard quite a bit is, "I did it!"
This summer I also bought Grant a table and chairs to work with him on. The developmental specialist in Denver recommended that we up his Speech and Occuupational therapy to every week, so we were able to do that, and James and I have started to see an improvement in his speech, and fine and gross motor skills. For example, he can lace small beads onto a string, color pictures and draw on pages, he is starting to match colors, he can pull and play with putty, and of course, he still loves his books! We have been delighted in his progress, and are excited to see it continue.
Audrey update:
Audrey is now crawling, as I have mentioned before. She is also turning out to be quite the shy little girl! When someone tries to talk to her or offer her a smile, she buries her head into the shoulder of the person who is holding her. Silly girl! She used to have a smile for everyone, but now, you have to work a little harder to get it!
Also, Audrey has decided to wake up a few times in the night. Part of this is my fault. In order to keep nursing, I have to pump at night, so when Audrey would cry, instead of just ignoring her (which is what you are supposed to do, so as not to interrupt important sleep patterns) I would just feed her and go back to bed. Unfortunately, she had been waking up two or sometimes three times a night. Not to worry, though. I have her back on a schedule, and she is sleeping through the night again. I just had to let her soothe herself, and it has proven to work.
