An update (without pics)

Well On Thursday the 11th of March Rachel had an appointment with an audiologist to test her hearing. I was so sick of her constantly saying that she cant hear, and basically yelling into the phone. And it turns out that she has a lot of fluid behind her eardrums and they have bubbles. That is NOT a good thing lol. So they then tested to see what its doing to her. And her right ear is fine but her left ear has 25% hearing loss. I have to make an appointment with her doctor sometime in the next couple of weeks and we will go from there on deciding if we need to put tubes in her ears as well or not. Charle already has them and now it looks as if Rach needs them too. To my knowledge no one else in my family (or Dominick's) has ever needed them and now both my girls might!! She's doing great in school though we have a parent teacher conference coming up. Everyday Rachel asks me "did you get me signed up for kindergarten yet??" She is so excited to be starting that next year! I'm a little sad though! Here's a cute little convo her and I had the other day when she got off the bus:

Rachel: Did you sign me up for kindergarten yet?
Me: No hunny not yet
Rach: But MOM you HAVE TO!!!
Me: Your not going to kindergarten next year
Rach: (with big eyes) WHY MOMMY?!?!?!
Me: Cause that means your growing up and you wont need me anymore!
Rach: (sighing) Yes I will Mommy (pause) cause I don't know how to cook

I couldn't help but smile at that one so at 5 years old already all she needs me for is cooking for her LOL. Kids they are crazy :D

Now on to Charle Bug. Not much of a change going on with her. Shes talking more and using 2-3 word sentences (when she wants to). She still refuses to wean and when I try ti get her not to nurse she screams "NO MINE SUSU" (SuSu is Tagalog for boobs). She is a funny little girl who is full of life! She makes me smile and laugh on a regular basis. She picks on Rachel all the time though. If you sit back and pretend your not watching you will see her do little things just to make Rachel mad or cry. She also is in the biting phase of life....I think some of it has to do with her speech delay but each time she bites she gets in trouble so hopefully it will be over SOON. She's still Rachel's shadow though :D And whenever she sees a picture of herself she says "Dat ME" not many people can understand her but I can, much like the days when I spoke "alien" and only Mom could understand me. Her weight gain is great!! At her last appointment she was 20 pounds!!!! And she was SICK and had been throwing up and having the runs so that is GREAT news!! 2 years old and 20 lbs lol who would have thought. I'm going to be scheduling another weight check for her soon. Lets hope shes jumped in the numbers again!!