Hello April

Adrian

Wow, he is getting so awake and interactive! He has cute noises and such cute, bright eyes when he is looking at us, and the best smile that he is practicing more often. We have fun play times and the girls like to join him when he is doing tummy time. They still ask to hold him and pick out cloths for him, and Shay said to me today that she wishes he would play with them. Soon enough he will be trying to steal their toys and bugging them I'm sure, but I like that they are excited for him to be their brother. He is getting to a more normal schedule and takes naps at the same time most days as long as we are home and he doesn't get to be asleep in his car seat at the store. He sleeps really well in his car seat after getting home from somewhere or even just after a walk to the park!

Claire

Claire had two sick days this week because her throat was hurting and luckily it seems to already be gone so she will be good to go back this week. We had some lazy days to help her hydrate and feel better, and because it was rainy and icky outside so we couldn't get out much. Luckily today was really nice so we could go to the park between sessions of conference. I had to use a bike to hurry back as soon as we got home because Claire left her toy there and she would have been heart broken to have lost it since it was a pretty fan she just barely got from DI when we went on Friday. We had friends over yesterday for the afternoon and evening sessions of conference and the kids had fun playing with their friends. I felt bad that we don't have a play room for the toys to be in, most are still up in a closet because the girls still can't understand how to pick up after themselves without me having to ask. We all had pizza and still don't have enough chairs for everyone, but the adults are at least able to sit on the couch and it worked out. 

Shay

I am really enjoying seeing progress when I have her practice saying words. Now she knows how to put sounds together without interjecting a sound that shouldn't be there I can help her say words and hopefully she will remember them for the future. Still a lot to learn but I'm going to focus on making it easier for people to understand her so when she is at school other kids will accept her. She still has angry tendencies if something isn't going her way, but she quickly says sorry or if she is upset she goes to her room to calm down. I think it will continue to get better as she is able to express herself and I'm working on getting her to tell Claire to stop instead of resulting in hitting. They were very helpful this past week when we worked out in the yard getting ready to plant trees! We bought some yesterday and now have to wait until the gallons of water we got over the past two days to soak into the ground better so we can plant them. Chris is excited to make our lawn look beautiful for summer time and has a new friend who is giving him advice.