"Little" Grown Ups!

Not too much going on around here these days except that...our two year olds are little grown ups!  I feel like since they turned two in May they've developed these individual personalities that closely resemble...ummm, adults!   That is to include the attitude and independence as well! 

Trying to copy Daddy and do handstands!

Ava had her cardiologist appointment since the doctors could still hear her heart murmur caused by a PDA from birth.  I'm excited to say that after an Echo and EKG she is officially cleared and simply has an innocent murmur that will NOT impede her from any activities.  The PDA has definitely closed and she has a healthy heart!  So no follow ups for that issue!  She has also taken an interest in taking her diaper off while we're doing some potty training with them to include during nap time while there's some stinky in her diaper...so to avoid a "decorated" room we used duct tape to keep her diaper on...desperate times call for desperate needs!

Duct Tape is our friend!

All three had their first dentist appointment as well!  I was so impressed as none of them cried!  They had their teeth brushed, flossed and fluoride.  Brayden and Gavin don't have any spaces in their teeth so we will have to monitor them closely when the day comes that they start getting their adult teeth for overcrowding but Ava had great spacing.  Brayden does have an under bite but she doesn't feel that it is causing any sort of speech delay so his hearing will get tested this week to rule that out next. The only "bad" news we walked away with was that we had to do away with pacifiers at night time for both Gavin and Ava because it is starting to effect their bite.  They haven't had a paci in the day time since they were around a year old but they liked them at night still to soothe them to sleep.  So that night we explained to them that pacis were for babies like Emma and so we needed to put all of their pacis in her room for when she arrives and that they're big kids now and don't need them.  We thought it was going to be rough, especially for Ava, but NOTHING!  That's right, no issues! They just said okay and went to sleep!  They always surprise us in these situations! 

Brayden's favorite word is "no" these days and loves to use it for EVERYTHING!! So we've been struggling with him on that.  We've bumped them up to two days a week for the Child Development Center and they are getting much better with drop off now, which is more of a relief for us than them I think! 

Not only are our trio growing up but our "first borns" are too.  Brody and Sadie turned four years old on Sunday so we bought them a cake from the local pet store and invested in a new bed for them.  We have never been able to find a bed big enough for both of them to sleep on so we always had to buy two but Joe found this great site that makes covers large enough for Great Danes that you just stuff with pillows or foam so we ordered one of those for them as their gift!  I highly recommend them:
http://www.bowwowbeds.com/

The kids got a kick out of the hats...the dogs, not so much!

Gobbling their cake down

The kids trying to help them!

Other than that I'm movin' right along with Bonus Baby (Emma)!  Can't believe I'm already at 34 weeks...6 weeks to go!  Doctor said last week that my belly is running small...which was hard for me to hear since the last time I ran quite large!  But he's happy with everything and says I deserve an easy pregnancy this time around! Haha...I say as long as the birth is easy!  Joe is back to working long days so the kids and I have been spending a lot of time outside in our homemade water park...at least we're getting a nice tan.  Mom and Dad also came and visited last week which was a huge help during all of the doctors appointments while Joe was back at work!  Next on the agenda:  getting the nursery together and buying those last minute things for Emma's arrival! We'll be posting pictures soon!

We enjoyed the night of celebration at the Welch/McConville wedding overlooking the beautiful Hudson River!