Hi All,
It is August 27th and we are three days away from the boy's third birthday!! They actually begin pre-school today at the Montessori School in East Montpelier. Motessori are going to split the boys into separate classrooms at least to start. If that proves problematic we'll speak with their teachers about putting them in the same class but everyone is in agreement that we should at least try.
It has been a busy 2 months since we have been home. The boys have had numerous doctors appointments. Lucas had successful hernia surgery a couple weeks ago - you wouldn't even know that he had it in fact he was back to 100% within three or four days post-op. Brady and Lucas are also meeting with speech therapists and occupational therapists in an effort to bring them up to where they should be developmentally.
Brady is talking up a storm when Momma and Daddy are around but he tends to shut his speech down with others. He is still shy and less outgoing than Lucas. Both of the boys are saying "nooooooooo" to everything. A habit that drives us all nuts particularly Momma.
We finally found a tv program that can keep their attention for more than 3 minutes. There is a monster truck cartoon on Discovery Kids that they love. 15 minutes is still the maximum amount of time that they can sit still but that is ok - we don't care to make tv junkies out of them anyway.
The boys are growing steadily - Brady has to be a solid 30+ lbs now and Lucas is getting taller and putting on some weight. They have both probably put on 4-5 pounds since arriving home. This is not surprising particularly by the way they eat. They have excellent appetites - they will typically eat everything on their plate and then some of ours!! Fav foods include dill pickles, cucumbers w/vinegar, chix nuggets, ham sandwiches and much more. We are trying to keep their diet diverse so that they do not get into the Mac&Cheese only routine like so many other kids.
Brady saw his first live buck the other day. Him and I were out walking on our property and there was one standing on the trail. I had to point him out but once he saw him he was fixated - he said "wowwwwwwwwwww" when the little 4 pointer jumped into the brush and went on his way.
I am attaching a couple new pics today - we have many others that I plan to get on the site in the future. Thank God for digital cameras otherwise we would be going broke with film processing!!
Bye for now - Chris, Andrea, Brady and Lucas
