15 Months Old

On Thursday Addyson and Braden turned 15 months old!

We had their 15 month well check Friday at the pediatrician's. Since they are both walking ALL over the place we have actually lost weight but here are the current figures. Addyson weighs 15 pounds and is 2 ft. 3 in. tall (both in the less than 1%). But her head circumference is on the charts at 45.5 cm in the 38%. Otherwise she is following the curve, just far below the normal chart. Braden weighs 25 pounds which is in the 46%. He is 2 ft. 7 in. tall which is in the 47%. His head circumference is 48.5 cm which is in the 84%. They got 3 immunizaions. Dr. Patron finally said about Addyson, "I think she is just going to be little." All along I've never felt like he thought there had to be something wrong, but that he was checking everything to make sure we weren't missing something that could be caught early to avoid any increased problems later on. And we kept trying different things to get her more calories, etc. But I feel like we've finally all agreed to be able to just rest in the fact that Addyson is tiny - super cute and very determined to be herself - nothing wrong, just little and feisty! Their soft spots are officially gone - no more babies, hello toddlers!!! So we're so thankful for a good checkup and we don't go back until the 18 month well check in September! We've never gotten to wait that long between appointments. Hooray!

This is pretty much how we've been feeling lately at our house . . .

Exhausted!!!

I haven't posted lately, because well honestly I just felt like I was complaining every time I started blogging. Here's a quick summary of what we've been up to. Addyson and Braden both had a virus - fever 102 or so for a couple days. Then Braden decided to work really hard on some teeth. I have NEVER seen him so angry and upset. He felt horrible - it reminded me of him in NICU those first few days on the vent when he just did not want to be bothered and the nurses mentioned his temper. He just thought life was tough. And Addyson was super jealous of the loves he got. But we survived. Then Ryan was feeling crummy, I got a yucky cold which is just now starting to go away. Throw in busy farm work, home repairs, cranky kids, grouchy exhausted me, and it just wasn't the best of times at our house. But through it all God is so loving and thankfully never gives up on me even though I'm so quick to complain instead of praise. I've been listening to some Sovereign Grace music I downloaded. Back when we were having a really tough week with lots of dr. appointments and during some of the darkest times of battling infertility my friend, Ellen, gave us some music that was so comforting on those drives to appointments. So I went looking for more of their newer stuff and found some good stuff - they are so great! I'll have to work on updating the music here on our site with some of it. So anyway, we're feeling encouraged and things are looking up around here . . . for now!

They have figured out how to get on and off of their rocking horse and the lion and just get on and off all day long.Addyson, so proud she can climb on the lion. Check out that crazy morning hair!!My happy little boy has returned!!! He loves to walk as fast as he can straight toward me and fall into me giving loves. They are the best thing a mama can ask for!!!And this cutey is hilarious. She walks everywhere, no more crawling for her. She is so determined at whatever she does. She concentrates so hard to do things correctly. She falls and gets right back up. She must walk in grass or any uneven surface. She is just so determined!!! She can stand up in the middle of the room even though she's just walking. (Braden still has to crawl to the nearest thing he can pull himself up with - granted he has a little more weight to pull up!)