First Milestone

Madelynn smiled! Sunday morning July 19th. Just thought I would share that with all you faithful bloggers!!

Meet Me At The Fishing Hole

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Swaddle them!

Bath for Madelynn

When Madelynn is awake, she is almost always WIDE eyed (still blue) as you can see in the pictures. Today she is six weeks old, waking up once in the night, and so close to smiling. She is gaining weight and is adored by her siblings.

Marbles and Communication

Rachel is saying new words everyday now. It's hard to keep track of them all. It used be only one new word a week. I wasn't getting too concerned, knowing she was a little behind on her communication because of the undiagnosed Celiac Disease. Since the diagnosis seven months ago she has improved dramatically in her physical development. The social and communication development, I believe, is just now starting to improve more noticeably. Her new words are listed off to the side of this blog underneath her picture.

Joshua is doing great. We're thinking of enrolling him into preschool (the one up at the elementary school) this fall. We think he'll do better with the transition to Kindergarten if he is familiar with the school, the hallways, the staff, and getting up early in the morning.
He is proving to have a more mathematical, practical mind. He is still into puzzles, sitting patiently and figuring it out. (Though not all the time, there are moments of frustration) Recently, I bought a marble thing at a garage sale. You know, where you put all the pieces together and then put a marble at the top and the marble goes through all the pieces, mesmerizing you, and then breaks the spell with a plop at the bottom. Anyway, Joshua really enjoys it and blows me away at how good he is at it, making different routes for the marbles and having them land in different places at the bottom. Kind of incredible. Especially when I can't even figure out how to do what he does.