Hectic Blessings

It's been a hectic past week but a wonderful one. Laura-Kate is perfect. She never cries or fusses, she loves to cuddle, she slept through the night last night and she is just beautiful. Kelly is doing an amazing job, she is so relaxed and just glowing. Rick is even doing well. He and Sarah-Grace were left alone today with the baby and they changed a dirty diaper together with no help. They were very proud.

Last week we spent a lot of time at the pool. We love our new pool. Sarah-Grace is swimming everywhere with her swimmies on and she goes right down the water slide. Charlotte is a crazy girl. She refuses to go in the kiddie pool. She will latch on for dear life if you try and wade her out to the "deep" end (a whopping 1 foot) where the mushroom is. But, put her in the regular pool and she screams for you to let her go she can swim by herself. She even wants to go down the water slide. She gulps in a mouthful of water and comes up coughing and choking (a sign that most children take to mean they are drowning) and she just squeals and plunges her head back underwater.

Tad was Scoops again last week at our Bruster's fundraiser. He spent 3 hours in a huge waffle cone charater costume in 85 degree weather. Sarah-Grace was so proud and excited. She hasn't stopped talking about him doing this since last year. Charlotte was freaked out the entire time. We even showed her Tad's face in the costume and she still didn't want anything to do with him. She kept asking when "Tad" would be there. She didn't even like me speaking to Scoops.

A few more updates, Charlotte has started saying "actually" all the time. For instance, when I asked her if she had snack at school today she responded, "actually, I had goldfish". Sarah-Grace went to the dentist for the first time on Monday. She did a great job. She went all by herself and never asked for Tad (even during x-rays). She got a diploma for doing such a great job brushing everyday and now she's obsessed with flossing.

Charlotte has her MRI on Friday at 2pm. Please pray for us (mainly for the fact that she has to fast for 6 hours beforehand - no fun during lunch). We have at least 3 more weeks until we get any results from the genetic testing. We're just waiting.