Update on Charle

After posting about baby Kayleigh I figured I should update you all on Charle. She is now 18lbs 14 oz! While that is not a lot for most 2 year olds...actually thats not even a lot for most 1 year olds :P It's a lot for little Charle. She is still delayed developmentally but she is getting better. She is doing things more and more like a kid her age should. Speech is the most frustrating for all of us because we dont always know what she wants. I can only imagine how it is for her not knowing the words but knowing what she wants. Or when she is telling me with her words what she wants but me not understanding. Right now she is dancing to her leapfrog learning drum, she LOVES to dance. We are going to be going back to the doctors again sometime this week because the girls both just got over being sick. I think we might try and wait till the snow isnt as bad though so we dont get stuck in the parking lot again. She is also going to go to the dentist for the first time from what I understand that might be part of the reason she has speech delay. Please continue to pray that she will gain more weight and make strides developmentally.

Sweet baby Kayleigh

As you all know sometimes I post blogs about things I feel to be important, read my blogs on Salt Cay if you want to read the others. This is about a darling baby named Kayleigh who was born prematurely. When she was born she was only 1 lb 1 oz! What a miracle she is already. Now she is up to the 6 lb marker!! Please pray for this beautiful little girl to gain more weight. I know first hand how hard it is to get a baby to gain weight, I can only imagine how it is when a baby is so young and not gaining as fast as you would like. You can read baby Kayleigh's story for yourself by clicking on the picture above. Sweet little Kayleigh we are thinking of you and praying for you to get strong enough to go home soon!

Christmas

Well I couldnt find my camera on Christmas so no pictures. :( Of course I found it ooo 5 minutes AFTER all the presents were opened LOL. The girls had a wonderful Christmas and got some really great toys. We were a little grumpy from being tierd and it was an early bedtime :D We went to Anacortes for xmas eve and were there xmas morning. Ill post pictures when I get them :D

it really is beautiful

It may be cold but even i have to admit its beautiful. There is a picture I want to take elsewhere in the complex and Ill go do that tomorrow. I should have done it today when it was "warm" a whole 30 degrees :P Maybe tomorrow we'll get lucky again lol.

"Sno" much snow!

So the snow the other day DEFFINTLY wasnt the last of it!! The snow never fully went away and now its been snowing 2 days straight! So we went out again yesterday to play in the snow. Charle liked it a little more this time! But I think shes like me and prefers warm weather :P Rachel of course loved it! We decided to make a snowman and one of our neighbors helped us build it. Rachel says we need to make another one today but seeing as Charle is a little sick I think Im going to have to wait until its naptime for her. I am starting to wonder when this snow is gunna stop. Cause I havent stocked up any kind of emergency kit.... I think I need to make sure and do that!! I'll try and rememeber to get a picture of how much snow we have :D I dont remember EVER getting this much snow when I was little!

first snow of the season

Well its snowed! While Mommy is not a big fan of the snow :P The girls sure are! We went out to play in it. Even though Rachel had a slight fever. She took some Motrin and we bundled up and went out to play. We played probably for a good hour. Rachel made snowballs and snow angels and Charle...well she touched it a few times but wasn't into playing in it. Rachel's hair WAS nicely brushed until she did her snow angels...next time Ill do pictures of them BEFORE we play lol! We had a lot of fun and after we get nice and warmed up we will go out and play some more :D

Christmas Party

We went to a Christmas Party in Everett and the girls got to each make a gingerbread house. It was a lot of fun I don't remember doing that when I was growing up :) The one on the left is Charle's and the one on the right is Rachel's I forgot to bring my camera so I didn't get pictures of them actually making them. Charle ate more then she put on...which says a lot seeing as her gingerbread house is FULL of candy lol. They loved making them though. And Santa was there. Rachel told me "Its not the REAL Santa though Mommy" So I told her she was right but the other kids didn't know that so she needed to keep that a secret lol. All the reindeer were there as well, they came in trucks and Santa came in a big dump truck type thing lol. It was really cool. All the kids were really excited. They even got early presents from Santa. Rachel got bath toys and Charle got a baby doll and stroller. I think Santa's helpers got them confused though and Charle was suppose to get the bath toys. Oh well though they play with each others things anyways. They are both getting more and more excited for Christmas and we hopefully will be decorating the tree this weekend. So pictures of that to come :D

How do different signs relate? The Aquarius and Scorpio child

Fascinating Companions

Whether or not these children get along, they find one another fascinating. Observant young Scorpio is naturally interested in psychology, and her unusual Aquarius sibling certainly gives her food for thought.

Both these children have strong opinions and political views -- yes, political, even from an early age. Aquarius is a pioneer who might champion such causes as animal rights, veganism, or protecting the environment, while Scorpio is interested in human issues of loyalty, trust, and betrayal.

These two will have many intense, complicated conversations throughout their childhood, especially if they disagree on major issues. Each will try to bring the other over to their side. Arguments will result when Scorpio gets frustrated with her Aquarius sibling's refusal to succumb to emotional manipulation.

Yes, these two are well matched in many ways! Both children are sure to grow up into interesting, multifaceted adults who share a devoted connection with one another.

http://www.babycenter.com/horoscopeCompatibility.htm?r=cnc&sign1=aquarius&sign2=scorpio&x=19&y=19

feeding the deer

Anacortes is such a nice small town that there is places where you can get right up close to the deer. The other weekend 2 deer sniffed Rachel's hand when she was feeding them. This weekend they were a bit more cautious. But they still got pretty close to us and I was able to takes some pretty good pictures of the babies. Charle was trying to talk to them and they were deffintly spooked by her. Rachel just loved the deer and was upset that they didnt sniff her hand this time. Both my girls just LOVE animals!! Its all pretty cool. There are some very special things about living in such a beautiful place.

Christmas tree lighting and parade

We went to Anacortes for the annual Christmas tree lighting and parade. Friday night was the tree lighting festival so we bundled the girls up and picked up the cousins and headed down to the tree lighting ceramony. I love getting them all together. Rachel and Alyssa get along great , most of the time, and Charle and Katie are great buddies (well as much as a 9 year old and 2 year old can be). Charle thinks Katie is (as my Grammy would say) the bees knees LOL :P. She just loves being with the big girls. As you can see they all had a lot of fun, even though it was cold. Then Saturday morning was the annual parade. Charle just loved it! Im sure the big girls did to but I know for sure Charle did. They all got a load of candy becasue we were right in the front. And acording to Katie thats the best place to be cause you get the good candy there :D. Its deffintly starting to be winter here we are having to wear more clothes then we use to. Now the search is on for gloves that will fit little Miss Charle. her hands are so small that they only make mittens :D Rachel is also in need of new gloves and only reason she is difficult to buy for is cause shes 4 and is picky! All and all we had a lot of fun :D

Letters to Santa

The girls decided to write letters to Santa tonight. And I must say they did a GREAT job! They also were very proud of themselves! Rachel started doing her letter first. She wrote it all! I should her a few of the letters that she didnt know in a book. But most of the letters she already knew! She asked Santa for Camp Rock Dvd, books, crayons and Princess stuff. She decided since she was 4 years old that she should ask Santa for 4 things. LOL. She is so funny. She could have written anything she wanted to. Charle said she asked for a baby. Other then that I dont know what she asked for. But as you can see she was also very proud of her letter :D