olivia, olivia, olivia :(

O is enjoying summer camp so far, and has a "boyfriend" named RW :) They're good buddies and teacher says he takes care of Olivia...sweet! But sadly, she is not obeying some important rules like no standing on bus for field trips and not touching things during tour of transportation museum, so looks like we'll be giving her the ADHD meds for the majority of the summer, which we didn't plan to do. The little girl just can not sit still when necessary, without them. boo

Madi 3 yr checkup

Madi's 3 yr checkup went great! No crying-she was such a big girl. Had to get one shot-Hep A, and she didn't even flench. In 50th percentile for height and about 70th percentile for weight, coming in at 32lb 9.6oz. I took her to Red Robin for a shake and burger for a treat afterwards! And we went to Toys R Us to buy bicycle helmets for her and Liv.

O lost 1st tooth on our 9th wedding anniversary!

Olivia's loose tooth came out when she ate an apple on the way home from summer camp on Thurs. June 21, 2012. Our 9th wedding anniversary! She didn't even realize it, so must not've hurt too bad :) Our baby is growing up! Yay Olivia!

Olivia has a loose tooth!!!!!! She came to me after dinner and said "Look!" and I wiggled it, sure enough it's loose! :) My baby is growing up :( She's riding in the Healing Strides therapeutic riding program this summer and loving it! It's once a week. Her first session ends this month then she'll pick back up in August. Enjoying summer camp at Lakeside w/her sis. Madi is doing great, becoming her own little lady :) I think she's about to cut her last molars...she's been waking up several times a night the past few weeks. Hopefully that'll change soon! Brian's foot is better, still has to be careful not to twist it or anything. But we are enjoying these warm days outside and actually have a 9 year anniversary coming up on June 21st! Yay!

2012 a great year

I vow that 2012 will be a great year for our family! O is in Kindergarden, Madi in Toddler Town @ daycare, and both doing well. Olivia and I are part of a Daisy Troop here in Roanoke and I've started taking the girls to a gymnastics class once a week. Our house is on the market and we hope to move into a slightly larger home by mid-summer! Dexter has been seizure free for a year and just got his semi-annual grooming done. Brian's company should be bought out (finalized in courts) this summer, too, which will be wonderful for those folks. Olivia started w/an OT at Carilion in the Fall and sees her weekly and has an IEP at school w/OT, PT (dropping for 1st grade), and adding Speech/Language back in shortly. Her special education teacher has seem lots of progress, as has her regular teacher, whom we all adore. Olivia has opened up to her classmates and become more social and outgoing since the beginning of 2012. Her ADHD has been controlled w/a new stimulant med. we tried this school year w/little to no side effects...and we're adjusting dosage soon to help w/attention to task issues popping back up. Till next time...

Is it almost Thanksgiving, REALLY??

Today, Olivia missed her 1st day since starting Kindergarten :( but it was necessary! Of course today was the school's Thanksgiving program, but we missed it. Because... She vomited around 8 times between 7am and 9am...doctor prescribed Omnicef for ear infection and bacterial infection/cold/sinus. We can give her Claratin w/prescription so hopefully feel ok for school tomorrow. She's doing alright in K so far, the ADHD meds help tremendously, per her teachers. Everyone's been great to work with at Grandin Court, and we are blessed to have such a good team on her IEP. She's started to attend the YMCA Magic Place after school for the last few weeks and Brian just picks her up when he gets off work. Anywho, things are going alright, we go back up to UVA on Dec. 12th for follow ups w/Dr Norwood and her new orthopedist. We've acquired the remaining funds to sign her up for their constraint therapy program, which we'll do in April, starting with her spring break week. So her new therapist is working on a few things to strengthen her wrist/fingers to prepare for that. Maddi is doing great in daycare at our church, and is just growing up so fast. She talks in sentences already and plays with Olivia like she's also in Kindergarten! :) love them baby girls! Brian's company should be back on track under new management by spring, everything is going through the court system now. We pray they will buy his press back and get him back to doing what he was hired for and give the employees raises after staying with them through all this! We really want to be able to buy a new house by spring/summer of next year. We've so totally outgrown this one! I can't wait! But trying to be patient.

Rest of summer

We had a great summer with the girls and family! Took them to Fairystone park to swim one Saturday, we went to the Columbus Zoo w/Nana Donna and Cousin Jennifer in August, girls spent several nights with Nana & Papa H., Maddi's 2nd birthday was so much fun on the weekend before July 4th! Olivia was back at Lakeside for the summer and got to go on multiple field trips (Pump it Up, Duck Pond, Museum, Parks, etc.) Maddie and her had "swim days" each week, too, and we filled up our little pools in the back yard a LOT this summer :)