Family Update with Pictures

Hello sweet readers.  Well, it's Thursday and I *just* remembered that I said I'd post a new blog entry every Wednesday.  Let's just blame that on the Prego Brain, mmkay?

Not much new over here.  The hubby and I have fallen in love with Downton Abbey and will be watching the season two finale tonight! So excited!  I actually did the dumbest thing ever and searched "Downton Abbey" in Pinterest and totally outed some pretty major events that apparently happen in season three??  I keep asking Kyle if I can ruin the show for him now too, since I'm now watching just waiting for these things to unfold...

Joel continues to do beautifully in Preschool and has his official Kindergarten registration/testing next week.  Wowsers.  Total momma brag coming up:  Found out that he's been doing so well with memorizing his scripture verses that he has more stickers than anyone in his class!!  My friend, who saw the sticker chart and reported the good news, was saying it was such a testament to the work we do with him here at home.  I had to laugh, we haven't reviewed his scripture verses since his first few weeks of school!  So, when Joel woke up from his nap, I asked him how he was able to do so well with it.  "You just remember it, Mom."  Well, then.

Zoe continues to be quite the little personality in this household.  She's either dragging us all down when she's fussy or teething, or she's making us all laugh.  Here's an update on her allergy stuff:  She finally had her appt with the Allergy Specialist here in town and he performed the skin test on her to see if it matched up with her bloodwork done a few months back.  The great news:  She had a reaction to the peanut and the egg, but NOT to the dairy, which means she's probably starting to outgrow that already.  We can't just start giving her cups of milk, but will instead start introducing new dairy foods to see how she reacts.  So far she's done well with cheese and sour cream.  Next up is to experiment with yogurt.

Here are some pictures of our little ones.  Hope you're all having a great week (since it's almost over!)  Happy March!!  :)

Siblings Coloring & Getting Along

Preschool Field Trip to the Maryland Food Bank

Zoe's Adorable Toothy Grin

24 Week Pics of Ruby Mae

Cuddling with Daddy

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  1. UnknownFebruary 28, 2013 at 11:46 PM

    Downton Abbey Season 3 is terrible! I mean, it's great, but emotionally, it's terrible! Just make sure you have enough kleenex to stop a tide wave around episode 3 and the season finale. It's horrible. I'm still in shock.

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    1. UnknownMarch 4, 2013 at 3:38 PM

      Man, Heather! You weren't kidding! Thanks for the head's up! Episode three was REALLY hard. Tough (but somehow comforting) to hear people talk about how losing a child is the worst thing a person can endure. Watching the finale tonight!!

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