Weekend Update

It's Sunday and I'm thinking that it's about time to update this blog. My parents were here this week, visiting on their way back home from their trip to Maine. Audrey and Andrew enjoyed all the extra attention and lovin from them. Andrew was able to go camping "in the woods" one night when they were here. He is still waiting to see those bears that he thought were in North Carolina.

The kids and I are headed to Florida for a visit in two weeks. Chip's aunts are riding down with us, so hopefully the kids will behave for the car ride. I'm hoping that the Blue's Clues and Barney DVDs will keep them from going too crazy in their seats all day.

Andrew is still doing well in his preschool class. He loves going to school and all his new friends and teachers. He loved his school in TX so much that I was a little worried about his new class this year, but it has exceeded my expectations by far. Audrey is also doing well at her school. Those first few weeks were tough (I'm not sure if it was worst for her or her teachers) but she has begun to have better days. She's not crying during circle time anymore (she doesn't really like it when they make her sit in her seat!) and starting to talk and sign more at school. Hopefully this will continue and they can start really seeing what she is capable of. One of her teachers is also now providing her speech services at home, so I hope that will help too. She is beginning to identify her colors (gotta love "Signing Time!"). At last count I think I have her up to about 70 words! When we visited the developmental pediatrician in Dallas in July, she was only saying about 4, so that is about 65 new words in 3 months. Chip and my personal favorite at the moment is "monkey" or as she says "munck-me".

That's all for now.