Our 7 month baby girl...

Where does the time go? Esme is 7 months old. She is so amazing. It is such a blessing to be able to stay home with my kids and watch them grow up. I love being an active part of their lives. I praise God for that opportunity. Esme is doing so well. She is a very brave little girl. She crawl so fast, and all over the house. She really likes to take toys away from Aydan and she prefers playing with "boy" toys more than her baby toys. Esme pulls herself up on the furniture, or whatever is around her. She will take a couple of sideways steps while holding on, but her feet don't hold her up for to long. Esme has a little case of hip displacia (I don't know if I spelled that right). Her right leg is turned in the socket, causing her to stand on the side/front of her feet. Her doctor thinks it will correct itself because of the crawling. I pray that it does, or else she has to wear orthodics....all the way up to her hips. But if that is the worst thing, than fine by me! Esme is learning how to sleep right now...She really likes to sleep in my arms or on my chest. I am doing cry it out, and she goes to sleep very well, but she wakes up just a couple of hours after she falls alseep and wants me to hold her. She is a GREAT eater! I am making all of her babyfood, and I can already see a huge difference in her and Aydan's eating habits. She eats things like beets, pumpkin, parsnips, turnips, cranberries...A ton of very new tastes, and she loves it! Esme is such a blessing in our lives!!! We love her so much!

Aydan James update...

Aydan was born with a collapsable windpipe. When he was a baby we had to lay him down on his side instead of his back to keep him breathing safetly. Our ped. was hopeful that he would grow out of it by a year, but that still has not happened. Aydan also snores soooo loud, and it keeps him awake during the night. We were referred to an ENT specialist through the Children's hospital and our appointment was on this past Tuesday. He said that Aydan's Adnoids were very enlarged. Thankfully his tonsils looked good though. Aydan will be having surgery to remove his adnoids, and when they are in there, they are going to scope his windpipe and his voicebox....If any repairs need to be made, they will have to wait until after his third birthday. He has a great doctor and I am excited to see the change in Aydan after he can breath better! Dr. Belenky said this will change his behavior during the day, his ability to concentrate and obviously decrease the snoring! I am nervous for him to be put under, but thankfully by BEST FRIEND will be right there with me. She is a child life specialist at Detroit children's hospital. Tiffany is the perfect fit for that kind of job! Keep Aydan in your prayers...=)

And a couple more! =)

Just some pictures...

...from the past three months. They change so much!

Autumn!!!!

I love this November weather! We have another November day in the high 60's! Esme is almost 7 months old and Aydan is just over 2 and a half. Time flies. Esme is crawling and is doing a little bit of sign language. She eats very well. I have been making all of her food, so she is able to try a lot of new foods. She loves figs, beets and most of all pumpkin! Next month she will start eating Rice and beans and some more interesting food. Aydan is still a very picker eater, but has gained some weight. We had a very fun halloween. Aydan was the cutest little pirate, and Esme was a flower. We took Aydan out trick-or-treating at my parents house with Amelia, the little duck! We had alot of fun. Of course Aydan was to shy to ever say Trick or Treat, but I got to say it alot! He has been so good at sharing his candy.