Catherine Comes to Visit!!!

Yesterday we got a real treat! Baby Catherine came for a visit! It has been a few weeks since we've seen her so it was great to get a little snuggle with her and to see how big she's grown! It was great to see her parents too!

Both Kate and Savannah got to hold her and she tolerated them both pretty well :)

The Natural

Less than focused on the task!

Love you sweet baby Catherine!!!

Kate's Diabetes Update

Friday afternoon I took Kaitlyn to see her endocrinologist for a 3 month follow up. I was really hoping that we'd be in and out of there with no change to her treatment. It was definitely not what I got!

Kaitlyn's A1C level went up which basically tells us that her sugars are up and her sugar logs which I have sent in weekly are not showing steady improvement despite repeatedly increasing doses of her medication. The biggest issue with Kate is that she has MODY which isn't classic Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes. Hers is a genetic type that doesn't have a clear treatment, especially in children.

So her doctor wants her to start on insulin injections. Yuck! The good news is that it is a 24 hour insulin so it is one injection per day and she only has to test her blood sugar once more per day than she is doing now. So all in all it is only two more pokes than we are doing now :) But I hate it for my girl!

Our Supplies

Some Tentative First Steps :)

Owen is finally taking some tentative first steps!! I am so excited! I thought that I would never see the day he stood up and walked!!! We are finally on our way!

I seriously cannot wait until he is walking for real - he is SO heavy!!!

Cups!

Owen loves cups lately. I think it is because he wants to drink like the rest of the family does. He drinks from them pretty well and we forever have to be on the lookout for him swiping drinks off tables. He also likes water bottles now too. He has been known to take the girls water bottles from their lunch boxes and drain them!!!

This morning, he combined two obsessions! As I was emptying the dishwasher which he loves anyways, he grabbed three cups and pretended to be drinking from them :)

And if you are wondering what he is wearing - Mike bought him that shirt!!! And dressed him!!!! I personally don't like it, but my baby looks cute in just about anything :)

Sale on Diapers!

After we went to Chuck E Cheese the other night, we stopped off at Target. As I was checking out the baby section (its habit by now) I noticed that there was a nice sale on diapers. I normally buy two boxes of Target diapers a month for Owen. The sale was if you bought two boxes of Pampers, Huggies, or Luvs you would get a $10 gift card. We asked the employee if there was a limit on how many you could buy and he said no! Bring on the diapers!!! We cleared the self of Owen's size :)

Savannah banging her head on the floor!

Then on the drive home from Altamonte, we stopped by the Mt. Dora target and cleaned their self!!!

I am sorry to tell you that this is only enough diapers to last Owen between 6 and 7 months.

The next morning I hit the Leesburg Target store and picked up four more boxes of diapers. I also discovered while I was there that the wipes were also on sale with a $5 gift card when you buy two. I got 8 boxes. :)

Total on all diapers and wipes - $300
Total saved - $80

Also, I don't have to buy diapers or wipes until Owen is 23-24 months old :) That makes me happy.

Chuck E Cheese!!!

As a bribe to make my mornings a little easier, Mike promised the girls that if they had two good weeks getting up and getting ready for school that we would go to Chuck E Cheese as a treat.The girls have done great with getting up and are really (sort of) easy in the mornings - so tonight it was off to Chuck E Cheese for dinner and play!

When Savannah was about 2 we were there and the character Chuck E Cheese came out and Savannah was too scared to give him a high five. She has always remembered it and decided this time she was going to be brave!

The girls (and Daddy) had a great time playing games and winning tickets! And Owen even got in on the fun.

After the tokens were gone, the girls played in the tubes...Savannah promised to be careful as I have not let her near a play place since the BK stitches incident 8 months ago. 

Two caged animals :) 

All in all it was a nice visit to Chuck E Cheese and the girls definitely earned it!!!

Date Night!

Last night Mike and I had a long anticipated date night!!! Last week Mike received a teacher discount coupon to Arabian Nights Dinner Show. Instead of taking the girls like we did last year when we went to Medieval Times, he decided it would be a date for just he and I. Luckily, Nana and Papa O agreed to keep the kids!

While the food was definitely better than we anticipated, we didn't enjoy the show as much as the one at Medieval Times. Nonetheless, it was definitely the first child free meal we have had in a while :)

The kids (as always) had a great time at Nana and Papa O's house and literally hid from us when we came to pick them up!

Thanks for much Nana and Papa O for the night off!!!