Gymnastics

Monday night was Grisham's first night of gymnastics. I was a little nervous for him, not sure if he would like it or not. There is only four kids in his class so the teacher could spend quite a bit of time with each kid. They started off with sitting against the wall for the rules and directions then they did some stretches. Soon the teacher had them up on the balance beams hopping off and rolling. Then they got to tumble down the wedge and run an obstacle course. The class went by super fast and Grisham LOVED it. He said it was super fun and couldn't wait to come back.

Speech Appointment

When Genevieve was 18 months old our pediatrician recommended that we take her to a speech therapist. I was pretty floored at the time. I mean seriously just because my 18 month old doesn't have as many words as most of the other 18 months old kids doesn't mean there is something wrong. Why do we have to put everyone in boxes!!! Anyway...I scheduled the appointment for sometime in January and we all know what happened in January. Little Carolyn was born. So I canceled the appointment and decided to wait to see if I saw any improvement in the next few months. Well summer rolled around and I was still a bit concerned so I made the appointment. That appointment was this morning. The speech therapist was wonderful. She had a whole bunch of toys and fun books with pictures. I just sat back and let her do her thing. Every now and then the S.T. would ask Genevieve a question that I didn't think she would know and then Genevieve would blow me away by responding correctly. The evaluation went by quickly and the therapist said that she was in the normal range for her age ( 2yrs and 4 months). Her comprehension was above average. Her expressive speech was right at average. Here's the kicker...if she was two months older she would be deficient in her expressive speech. So the therapist would like to evaluate her in 3-6 months to make sure she is improving. If she shows little improvement then we will do some therapy. The S.T. is going to send me her evaluation with some homework in the mail. I am relieved to find out that Genevieve is fine and hopefully she will show improvement at her next appointment.

It's Fairtastic!!

It's Fairtastic was the theme for this years fair. It is also our last Ohio state fair. We had a great afternoon, walking around seeing all the animals, eating way too much and people watching. We stopped at the lego land for the kids. Grisham was being a great lion! We tried to convince Grisham to go down the giant slide with daddy but he did not want anything to do with it so Scott took the older kids to the petting zoo while Carolyn and I took a break in the grass. She also had a major explosion so I needed to get that cleaned up. Of course while we were waiting I had a chance to watch the fair goers. Sometimes it interests me and sometimes it grosses me out. Ok...so people watching at the fair mostly grosses me out. Not as much as people watching at a water park but is right up there. After a few hours we had our fill of fairtastic things and went home.

Summer Time Pictures

FINALLY!!! I got my pictures on the computer. So we have a lot of ground to cover. Pretty much the entire summer. First I will start of with random pictures of the kids. Eating, playing, being silly! That is what kids do best, right! Genevieve tried on a pair of my heels and did a pretty good job of walking around in them. One morning Grisham decided to stuff his socks with his blankets...I know silly right! Carolyn is now eating in her high chair. So cute:)

Still working on it

I always hate to post something with no pictures. I like to let the pictures tell the story instead of having you listen to my blabber. Since I still can not get my pictures to download I have to post something. It has been a very busy summer and it has gone by too fast. We had some really warm days and have enjoyed going to parks, splash pads, pools, the fair and the zoo. We put the house up for sale in June. So far no luck with the house. Not even one showing. It does make me a bit nervous but I am hopeful that we can get another incoming resident to buy it. After all we are less than a mile from the hospital. I think the thing that annoys my the most about having the house for sale is trying to keep it in clean mode all the time. I have never lived like that and I find it so stressful having to make sure all is picked up at all times, just in case we get a showing. Most of the kids toys have been banished to the basement so the toys somehow creep back upstairs and I have to start all over again. Sometimes I just want to pull my hair out. God is in control and I know that His timing is best. So we wait....
The kids have grown so much this summer. Grisham starts school on the 14th. He is going to our church for preschool on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I also enrolled him in a tumbling class for Monday nights. I don't know who is more excited, Grisham or me! Genevieve is becoming the most independent little girl. She likes to pick out her clothes and dress herself in the morning. She goes through at least two outfits a day. She says " I doit!" I think we are very close to potty training. I would do it now but we go on vacation in a week and we will be in the car for a long time. I cant ask her newly trained bladder to do that so we will wait until we come back. Carolyn is sweet, smiley, mild and talkative. She is rolling over and looks like she might crawl soon. I am in no hurry for her to reach these milestones. I wish she would stay a baby a little while longer. Right now she is really enjoying her solid foods. She loves anything you put into her mouth, except cereal. I have tried rice, oatmeal and mixed and she is not a fan but give her any veggie or fruit and she is in heaven. Almost daily I sit back and I am in awe of how God has blessed me. I wonder "What did I do to deserve these three beautiful children?" I don't have an answer to that but I do know that I love them very much and I try to be the very best mommy for them.
Scott is now in his final year of residency. So far it hasn't been too bad but there have been many days that the kids go without seeing him. We are so very excited to move to Chester, Illinois. Scott can't wait to start his practice and I can't wait to move to small town and start some roots. I know that the next 10 months will go by quickly and I need to live in the now. Focus on what is going on now but I just can't help but dream about our new life outside of Ohio.
Well that is all for now. Hoping to get the pictures, the oh sooo many pictures, up soon.

trouble again

I am once again having issues getting the pictures to download from my camera to the computer. So as soon as I figure out what is up, I will have some new posts. Until then...

Chester House Hunting

Scott and i had the chance to fly to St. Louis and then drive to Chester last weekend. The idea for the trip was to house hunt. Scott went in June on his own and saw quite a few houses. He narrowed it down to around three or four for the trip we would make together. Steve Hayes, the CEO of the Chester Hospital picked us up in our rental car. We then drove about 45 min to the town of Red Bud. Scott will also be working in this town but we are choosing to live in Chester. We met Connie, Steve's wife, for dinner at this amazing little Italian restaurant. The food was so good. The restaurant is in the downtown area and occupies an old opera house. It is the neatest little place and I know we will be frequenting it often. After dinner we drove to Chester and checked into the hotel. Saturday we slept in:). After a leisure filled morning we went to see Dr. Carr's house. As soon as we walked in I knew this was the house for us. It was absolutely beautiful and homey. I can really see us raising the kids there. Four bedrooms plus a guest suite upstairs, four full baths, two kitchens, three car garage, a shed in the basement (I say shed but really mean an enormous extra garage that can fit three cars end to end) and room to add on. I could go on and on but I won't. We really love this house and can't wait to move in. After spending a couple hours at the Carr's we met up with the realtor to see some houses. I made the appointment a while ago so I felt obligated to see the other houses even though I knew that I wanted the Carr's house. We saw two others that didn't even come close. I am already decorating the house in my mind:) The rest of the weekend was fun. We went to a BBQ at a friends house and went golfing on Sunday morning. Before we left town we stopped at the St.Louis Arch and went through the museum and saw the movie on how it was built. We didn't have time to go up in it. Some other day. I was very excited to get home to my kids. I missed them very much while we were gone.