Chloe's On the Go!

We are pretty sure we can officially say that Chloe is walking. In the last week her couple steps have turned into walking across the room. She has a ways to go yet since she hasn't figured out how to bend her knees when she walks..pretty funny. I am hoping by the time the weather warms up she will have mastered the art of walking since the last few times we were outside Chloe was crawling around eating dirt and stones. In the meantime we will be dealing with lots of bumps and bruises:)

Can you tell she has a sister?

These are some pictures of Chloe's latest interests. Yep, she learned from big sister how to climb up onto the fireplace. I am going to have gray hair soon! She also grabbed a bottle the other day and was trying to feed the baby with it. I was shocked. She still gets a bottle and she is feeding baby dolls bottles? I got a laugh out of it.

Not as good as I thought..

Phone is dead and in the trash! I thought it seemed too good to be true.

The best phone ever

I just wanted to quick let everyone know that we have the best phones ever and I would highly recommend them. They are the Vtech phone. We just bought a new set when we moved because we like that they have several bases that you can place around the house and they are all cordless. Not only that.. you can push the intercom button to call each headset..this comes in handy when I'm lazy and need Steve to bring me something:) But the reason why they truly are the BEST phone is they can get submerged in a bathtub and still work! You would think that Lauren was the cause of this but really it was me I hate to admit. Steve went to go play poker with some friends so I decided to relax in the bath and as I was gathering all my gossip magazines the phone slipped into the tub. Why the phone was between the magazines I have no idea. I thought the phone was toast but after a few minutes of drying off it was as good as new. I'm sure this is the first of many times that this phone will be put to the test!

Were Expecting..

A niece or nephew that is! My Sister-in-law Anne is pregnant and we are so excited! She is due at the end of September and we can't wait to meet the little one. They gave my parents these tee-shirts to tell them which I thought was such a cute idea(The grand kids call them Bama and Papa). Non of us caught it at first until Ron and Anne started laughing. Ron and Anne you will be great parents!

Another doctor visit proves we are blessed

Today Lauren had a 2 year check-up with her pediatric cardiologist and we got a great report. When Lauren was born she had a PDA due to her prematurity. Basically what this means is a valve outside of her heart which allows for blood flow from the lungs to the heart never closed when she was born. Everyone is born with thier PDA open since that is how the body works invetro but a healthy full term baby's PDA closes within the first 24 hours of life. Lauren's tiny body didn't have signals to close this valve so blood continued to flow from the heat to the lungs. After doses of medacine the PDA got smaller but did not close completely. Some premies have a hard time breathing because of this and are ventalated and/or need surgury in the NICU to close the PDA. Thankfully it never seemed to effect Lauren. A few months after she arrived home we brought her back to the doctor and it was confirmed that her PDA was still open and most likely wouldn't close..at one year they wanted to see her again and preform surgery if it was still open. At a year, the doctor could hardly hear a murmmer and since she was doing so well he said to come back at two years. I guess the main reason to make sure it is closed is there is a possiblily of getting an infection in the blood stream which could be fatal if left open. So it has now been two years and we were not looking forward to this doctor visit. They have to do an ultrasound of the heart and Lauren has to sit super still. Do you know Lauren??? My pockets were full of suckers and other things that I thought would keep her still but surprisingly she did awesome. The doctor couldn't believe how well she sat for him during the 20 min ultrasound. Steve and I were shocked as well. The best part is the PDA closed!! No surgury!! We just can't believe how God has blessed us. He is good!

One down, two to go

The bathroom is officially done. After 3 pedestal sinks, putting a hole in the wall to move pipes, several light fixtures, and many coats of paint...we are glad to have our evenings back. Although Steve did all the work I missed having him help with the girls after work especially since we have been dealing with some nasty illnesses. I had a really hard time getting a good picture of the bathroom, but you can get an idea. Now its time to start planning the remodel for the other two bathrooms- but I think Steve needs a little break :)