Avery 15 1/2 mos

Avery had her infant and toddler eval today and it may be her last!!! Yippie. Her fine and gross motor skills are right where they should be! I get myself so worried over these appointments, a lingering sense of fear from when Conner had his eval I suppose. They are not discharging her quite yet, but have no plans to see her again. The nurse is going to follow up with me in a couple months to see if she is saying any words. Speech is the only hold up at this point. (Im trying not to freak out since Brenden didnt talk until he was 2) They are not really concerned - just a sorta wait and see kind of thing.

She is also following in big brothers steps with the biting - yikes, she left teeth marks in Brenden's arm earlier today - good thing she only has 4 teeth so far. I remember being pregnant with Conner when Brenden was this age and he got frustrated and bit me in the stomach and drew blood - ouchie. I just tried to explain that since she cant talk she has to find creative ways to express herself - lol

Brenden is doing great in school! He is making tremendous progress in reading - it's really amazing! His latest geometry (yes he's only 6) test he scored a 92%!!!! He also told me today that "mom, so people dont celebrate Christmas, they celebrate Harmonica" - how cute is that. We are also doing this elf on a shelf book for Christmas - what a great idea! He is amazed at how the elf moves around the house watching him. The book comes with a small stuffed elf that is featured in the book - the elf watches you until Christmas and reports back to Santa. I move it about 4-5 times a day all over the house - he is stunned everytime "elfie" is in a new spot. The best was in the pantry when he got home from school. He went to get a snack and opened the door and yelled - "that elf is really freaking me out"

The weather here in Md has been wet and all around crappy - so I have not been talking to many pictures - lets hope for some sunshine soon!!!!!

A condo post coming soon.....slowly making progress. Getting started on the floors soon! We hauled 46 boxes of tile at 50 pounds each last weekend in the freezing cold - boy that was fun!