So are we going to do another pot luck type dinner for the girls weekend this year?

Baby Dave is 11 months old!

Baby David is growing up fast. He is getting close to walking. Davey can stand alone for a short time, but still prefers crawling, though he is very fast. He can go up and down our staircase, which makes us nervous since he thinks its fun and finds his way to them often. Davey has developed his pallete this month. He likes raisins and can even suck up a spaghetti noodle. Next month is going to be a big ONE. Our little man will be 1 on Oct 14th and cake is on the menu!

Am I a hypochondriac, or do I just love medical centers?

We've had some adventures this week.
We spent Thursday at Primary Children's Hospital with Emma. She had a hearing test there, and we found out that she has moderate hearing loss. According to the chart they showed us, she has never heard the birds, the rain, or the wind through the trees. A regular conversation sounds like a whisper to her. We were pretty surprised. She'll be getting hearing aids. We decided that when she gets them, we'll throw her a hearing party and let anyone who wants to come bring a sound for her to listen to. I'll keep you updated on the progress of things so you can make plans to come. :)

Friday after school, Aiden wanted to be cool like the big kids, and jumped off the top of the slide at the school playground. His leg was hurt, and he couldn't walk on it. (Thanks to Jim for all the medical advice) We spent Friday night in the ER getting x-rays. Thank heavens, it wasn't broken. And Aiden was actually pretty pleased to meet R2D2's friend (the x-ray machine) He was very brave. But we had to keep him off his feet for 2 days. ----not an easy task for a busy 6 year old. He's fine now.

That's really all the news, but it's been such an unusual week, I have to tell you about the rest of it.
Saturday, Emma came down with a high fever that we couldn't break with a tylenol or motrin, so we ended up spending Sunday Evening in the Insta Care.
Monday, we went to an Ear Nose Throat doctor to follow up on Emma's hearing test.
Tuesday (today) we saw a Doctor about Aiden's ADD testing results. (he seems to have ADD not ADHD)
Wednesday, we will actually get the day off (knock on wood)
Thursday, we see an audiologist for more follow up on Emma's hearing, and go to therapy at Primary Children's Rehab Center. (two separate appointments and two separate places)
Don't even ask how much $$$ we're out in co-pays!
It's not uncommon for us to have 1 or 2 doctor's appointments in a week, but this is ridiculous.
What a week.

GO BLUE DRAGONS!

Aiden played in his very first soccer game yesterday.  He did a good job at running up and down the field chasing the herd.  I sat down with him before hand and tried to explain things to him.  About trying to kick the ball into the other team's goal and staying in bounds, only using your feet.  Trying to think of terms he would understand, I ended up explaining things in Star Wars terms: The ball is like a jawa.  There are imaginary droids in the goals.  If you kick the jawa (ball) into the other team's droids (net) the jawa takes one of their droids and you get it (a point)  but you don't want the other team to get the jawa in your goal to take your droids......It didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.  But it did to Aiden.  He had fun, and was excited that his team won 6-2 .  Go Blue Dragons!