Well, in the past 4 weeks, we have endured yet another major round of ear infections with Mr. Austin, who, bless his heart, has just been miserable. We were finally able to get him into an Ear Nose and Throat specialist who is putting tubes in his ears on the 19th of May, so please send us your thoughts for a speedy recovery, and an end to the ear infections.
Little Miss Brooklyn has not only finally started crawling, but speed crawling at that, as she is now going from one place to another at high speed. She has definitely figured out how to pull to a stand on nearly everything as well, and has no problem cruising around everything, so I have a feeling that walking may be just around the corner as well - yikes! Austin is just a little behind, and we noticed tonight was finally starting to really crawl too, so he should be speeding right behind her by the end of the week!
Cassie has been so much fun lately, and saying the funnies things. She has become such a conversationalist lately, that it is nearly impossible to get her to be quiet! She is really doing well at gymnastics, and is asking to go even on the days that we do not have class. She is also starting to look at the class that has other kids her age with just instructors and no mommies and get interested in what they are doing, which makes me feel confident that she will be okay in that class this summer. She has also started playing preschool soccer on Saturdays, which is a little hard for her because she has been a little shy, but I think that the more we go, the better it will get.
Dawn and I are still trying to recover from the 2 weeks of little to no sleep that we had. Dawn is heading into the last week of preparation for a charity golf tournament that she runs for three children who lost their mom that is this Saturday, and I am in the longest training weeks for the half Ironman that is the first weekend of June (yikes, only 4 more weeks of training time!). Not to mention, that we are getting excited for our Memorial Day Weekend trip to see our best friends in Cleveland, Ohio to celebrate their son Henry's 3rd birthday.
The pictures below were taken just over a week ago, our first set of professional photos with the babies and Cassie. It was a tough photo shoot, because it took too long, but the photos turned out great. Seeing them all dressed up made me realize that I am the luckiest person on earth to have such wonderful children and an amazing wife.
We hope that everyone had an amazing Mother's Day this past weekend!
Cassie taking her cousin Jake for a ride
Nothing like playing outside on a rainy day! Austin in the walker and Brooklyn on a - bike??
Miss Cassie on her new two wheel bike with training wheels - riding like a champ on the first day we brought it home!
Our smily little man, I love when he is in a good mood.
Little Brookie, loves to pull to a stand and let go to test out the balance skills, so funny.
That's our girl, asleep at the table!
Nothing like helping yourself to a snack and getting caught!!
