Two Babies Leave Little Time for Blogging!!!

So, as you've probably noticed, I'm WAY behind on keeping up again... whoops! It just seems like we're having such a busy summer between softball, doctor's visits and just all the normal stuff that comes with keeping up with an 18 month old and a 3 month old!! The big news is that on the 14th, Paige got her loaner BAHA aid! She's doing great with it already. If you want to know more about that, as soon as I get the chance I'll put up a post on her blog about it all.

On the 19th, we worked out at Oral Hull again. (Well, Phil worked. The girls and I did a little weeding and shrub trimming for a couple hours because there is a limit to what you can do while wearing both babies. :) It was a lot of fun and Kyra LOVED the watermelon!
Paige had her 4 month check on friday (even though she technically wasn't four months until wednesday.) She did very well and the doctor said everything looks good. She barely fussed for her shots and didn't fuss at all when she got her oral rotovirus vaccine. She weighed 15lbs 2oz and was 25 inches long which puts her in the 90th percentile for both height and weight so she's balancing out and slowing down a little on the growing. (She was 98th for weight and 95th for height two months ago.)
Last Sunday Phil surprised me with a late birthday trip to the Rennaissance Fair. It was so fun! Kyra loved it too. :) She really liked the police horse that she got to pet that was parking cars. She also liked the dressage and jousting demonstration... until she noticed that there was a dog next to us to play with. He he. Her favorite part though was the blacksmith oddly enough! I can't wait to take her to another one... we'll have to try to find or make some itty-bitty garb before then.
Paige rolled over for the first time that I'd really count this last tuesday. (It was the first time on a totally flat surface so she did it all on her own and she's done it a few times since then too.) She rolls just tummy to back so far which is great so far since Kyra at first only rolled the other way and would get ticked off when she got stuck on her tummy. Of course, Paige's first true roll was when Amy was trying to get her picture on her tummy. :D Amy was very brave and tried some of the girls together too that turned out cute, if not perfectly posed. It's just not possible to take a well posed picture of an 18 month old and a 3 month old without having at least one grown up person in the picture. *lol*



We've been trying and trying to get Kyra to say "Love You". On Wednesday, she finally said it... but not to me or Phil! I was changing Paige on the couch and Kyra was entertaining her for me and I asked Kyra if she loved her sister and she looked right at Paige and said "Love you!" several times. :) She also is finally saying her own name as of yesterday. She also now says very clearly Elmo, Grover, Ernie, Big Bird, and Bert. I should try to get a video of her doing those, it's cute when she goes through her book and names them. She can't quite get Zoe yet, that's a hard one.

Teeth to Chew With!

Kyra now officially has all 4 premolars through and we're just waiting on them to be ALL the way through for her to start being able to chew a little better which is a very exciting thing for me as I'm always paranoid that she's going to choke on things. Maybe now I'll settle for cutting grapes into quarters instead of eighths...
We were out at the dogpark the other night trying out the "new" from Craigslist Baby Jogger (which works great, even in the sand) and the poor girl got all bit up by mosquitos. Thankfully she doesn't seem to have noticed too much for some reason and she didn't react too badly to the bites which makes them hard to find. We apparently need to start remembering the bug lotion and order her a sun/bug net for the stroller.
Paige is really getting vocal. Last night she just sat and chattered and cooed to us for almost an hour before and through dinner!
Phil's softball team had their second to last regular season game yesterday. It was the last for us as we'll miss the final game as we'll be out at Oral Hull Camp for the Blind and Visually Impaired again with the group from church working on things. The girls were mostly very good at the game even though it was sort of cold and no where near the 70 degrees that had been predicted. Phil's team won 31 to 13. Needless to say, they had a good time. :) That's 7-2 for the season so far.. tournament is in August so we'll see how that goes!

18 Month Check

Kyra had her 18 month appt. with Dr. Byrne yesterday. Paige stayed home with Phil while we went and Kyra was VERY concerned when we got in the car without the baby. In fact, she cried more about leaving Paige behind than she did about getting TWO shots! She was a very good girl at the doctor's office except for fussing when the doctor wanted to feel her tummy. She even stood on the big girl scale and at the ruler to have her height measured. She is officially 22.6 lbs on their scale and 30 inches tall!! Ok, so the weight was at least in part due to the fact that she was fully clothed and last time was only wearing a dry diaper, but we'll take it since it means she doesn't have to go back for 6 months!!! Yay!
Also, Paige laughed out loud tuesday for the first time! Phil was talking to her and being silly and she broke out in a great big grin and then laughed several little chuckles. So cute!!!!
We took the girls to the Sandy Mountain Festival Parade tonight and they were both very good and had a blast! Paige stared as everything went by and Kyra switched off sitting with John and Amy and didn't even try to run into the parade once. I think her favorite parts were when she realized there was a dog sitting next to her and stealing all of John's waterbottles from him. She did seem to like watching the parade too. :)

Busy Weekend!

The girls had a blast on the 4th of July. We met up with friends for a picnic (Kyra had LOTS of fun "helping" me cut up fruit for the picnic) before the fireworks and Kyra played and chased bubbles with their kids until it got dark. Both girls watched the fireworks and like them. Kyra got just a little tense to start with but then relaxed in Dad's lap. I think she got more upset when we put two earplugs in and she couldn't hear us than she actually did about the fireworks! (We had to take one out before they started.) Paige liked them and actually kept her earplug in but she did get hungry and needed a snack in the middle of the show. We got home just before midnight and both girls were tired. Kyra slept until quarter to ten!










Yesterday afternoon we were invited to a 3rd birthday party for a friend's daughter and Kyra had a wonderful time! This is the first kid's birthday party she's been to (with the possible exception of her own where she wanted to sit on one of our laps most of the time) where she's been old enough to participate some. She loved playing in the little kid wonderland of plastic Little Tykes outdoor toys in their backyard and THOUGHT she wanted to play in the pool until she realized the water was a little chilly. She never did get in the water, even though the other three girls were already in.









When we got home, we got out the Color Wonder finger paints before bed and she did some painting for the first time. I think we need to get her some regular finger paints to use outside so she "gets" it a little better but she did pretty good with a little help!

3 Months and Counting!!!

Hard to believe, but Paige is already 3 Months old!!! We went with a muffin this month instead of an actual cake because I was feeling a little lazy and wasn't feeling up to the temptation of resisting all that sugar. :)









Paige is just so alert and strong, she loves to sit up in the corner of the couch or in one of her chairs and look around. She's still eating and growing and is pretty solidly in the 3-6 month sizes now. She had her Early Intervention Evaluation at our house on Monday and it went very well and we heard from her ENT that she'll be getting her hearing aid in a couple of weeks.













We went to Grandma and Grandpa's house last Thursday to celebrate Great-Grandma Pat's 80th birthday and it was so much fun! Kyra entertained G.G. Pat all through dinner and Paige cooed and smiled for her several times.
Kyra is listening very well now and is getting to where she can get down and play more at softball games or walk holding our hands too and from the car. She's really enjoying her newfound freedom. :)


I made Kyra some grape juice popscicles the other day and she thought those were absolutely wonderful. You have to wonder though where exactly my brain is considering that I didn't think to use white grape or apple or anything other than deep purple juice...
Kyra is really working on the teeth right now. She cut the bottom premolar on the right side two days ago and the top one right above it popped through this morning. I can tell the one opposite that isn't too far behind either. The poor thing is having a much rougher time cutting the big teeth than she did with the front ones, but at least she'll have some grinders in soon and we can start giving her some of the lettuce she's been asking for!