A Well Deserved Night Out

Dustin and I went to True Food Kitchen in Newport to celebrate my good friend Carrie's 30th birthday this past Saturday. Carrie and I have been friends for 20 years! I just love spending time with my high school freinds. When we get togehter it's like we never skipped a beat. We had a great night. The kids slept over at my parents house so we got to sleep in :) thanks Mom and Dad!

It's time for Preschool!

Gavin started his first day at Water of Life preschool today. I was super nervous about how this day would go but I'm so relieved to say it went great!! Gavin was really excited this morning. There were no tears. He said goodbye like such a big boy. When I picked him up, the teacher said he did great. She also said he was very polite, well behaved and very friendly to all the other kids. We are so proud of him!!

September

Lincoln started back up at Oralingua after having the month of August off (which was wonderful!). We are all struggling to adjust back to the early morning and long drive. Lincoln is officially in a preschool class where I no longer get to stay with him. Its been a tough transition for both of us. On the other hand, I've been enjoying some quality time with Gavin. After we drop off Lincoln, Gavin and I have been visiting all the local parks, running errands, and Gavin's favorite place of all, the Library. I love spending one on one time with my boys!!

This little guy is such a bookworm!

Labor Day Weekend was full of...

Great Surprises

Swimming with Friends

Roasting Marshmellows

Beautiful Scenery

Bonfires

Trampoline fun with your Brother

Smiles

Water Guns

And ucky kisses

Our Family...

has been enlarged by two feet.

14 weeks along in this journey, we are very excited about our sweet new baby. We can feel little movements already and look forward to meeting him/her in February!

Watch Out American Idol!

First Day of School

Gavin and Lincoln started preschool last week. Lincoln has been attending Orlingua (a school for kids with hearing-loss) for a year now. Previously he was enrolled in private tutoring and occasionally a toddler class where a parent had to attend with him. On July 1 he was moved into a preschool class and Gavin was lucky enough to be invited to attend with him. Gavin is to serve as a peer language model for the class. I stayed with them in class the first day to allow them to get use to the teacher and class. On the second day I dropped them off for 3 hours. They did great! There were no tears, a little hesitation, but no tears from any of us. They are really enjoying it so far!