August has been a very busy and exciting month, with lots of
change in our lives!
We started out the month balancing play dates, family walks,
hikes, and bike rides with lots of busy-ness. At home, we had lots of hard playing to do, with our cool
new play kitchen and our very first bikes! We had speech therapy and physical
therapy appointments, doctors’ appointments, and got new shoes. We tried to see as many of our old
friends as we could, since our new fall schedule won’t allow lots of play dates.
And we went on fun family outings – lots of trips to parks, the zoo, the Air
and Space Museum, and petting the animals at the 4-H Fair.
Meanwhile, Mama worked hard to restock the freezer
(following our power outage and trip to Ohio – and getting ready to start back
to work!). And we had lots of fun
birthday preparations to make!
All of a sudden, we are two years old, and Mama and Dada can
hardly believe it! We celebrated
our birthday by playing with friends at Clemyjontri Park! It was a rare, perfectly gorgeous
day, with no rain, not too hot, and just a light breeze! Our family friends, and friends from
playgroup and the neighborhood came.
We shared fun treats and pinwheels and got to blow out candles on our
mini-muffins. Then we all rode the
carousel, and played and played and played! Whew! Were we
tired when we left! We had such a fun birthday! Thanks to everyone who helped
us celebrate here, and for all the sweet cards from afar!
We are HUGE now!
Katharine is 24 pounds, and Christopher is almost 30 pounds! And Mama and Dada can hardly believe it
(a running theme here…)!
And then it was time to start school. Mama worked to make sure we had all of our
school things ready to start (sheets, backpacks, changes of clothes, all labeled
and ready to go). And we tried
to make sure that WE were ready to start – we read a book about going to
school, and even went to play with our class a few times before we
started. A thankfully quick round
of illness kept us from starting school exactly as planned, but we still got to
begin to get to know our new friends at school in time for Mama to get settled
into her classroom before teacher workdays.
We are getting used to our new routine at school. While there is some protest at drop-off
time, we have been happily playing, eating, and sleeping at school during the
day. (Again, Mama and Dada can
hardly believe it!) At night we
can be pretty tired, and a little grumpy.
But we’re still enjoying some fun trips to the park or to Meadowlark
after dinner for family play time.
We also got to see a few friends from our NICU days at the
NICU Family Reunion the hospital hosts each fall. The hurricane canceled it
last year, so this was our first reunion.
It was very crowded and noisy, so we didn’t stay long, but it was nice
to see some familiar faces.
And our Grandma Sturgeon came to visit with us at the end of
the month, while our school was closed.
We had so much fun showing her all our favorite games and toys, and she
made being at home lots of fun while Mama and Dada were at work. We all went to dinner before she had to
go home on the airplane, which was lots of fun too! We can’t wait to visit with our Grandmas and Grandpas (and
uncles and cousins!) again soon!
With all this wonderfully fun busy-ness, we realize that we
haven’t captured as many photos and videos this month. We’ve just been glad to enjoy our
family time together, as our lives begin to be even more full of activity and
new things! But we hope you enjoy
the ones we’ve taken.
We hope you have a wonderful end of the summer, and can’t
wait to share about our new adventures in September!
Love,
Christopher and Katharine
