School and James' 15 Month Check-Up

It's been a while since I have blogged. We have been very busy with moving/unpacking/etc. I will have an update on the move another time. Today was have some exciting news...the kids went to school today!! It is a Mom's Day Out program since the kids are not old enough to start a preschool. Either way it is great. They didn't cry or make a fuss. We dropped them off and 4 hours later picked them up. I loved it. Hopefully Sophia and James can start making friends and we can have play dates. Fun! I took a picture of the first day and will post it once I have downloaded the pics. Sophia talked about school all evening. She said she couldn't remember any of her new friends names but that Mrs. Neitzal found the mouse in the house and that was funny. Everyone laughed. Ahhh, to be a child again.

Before school we went to James' 15 month appointment. Suz (Dr. Bielski) said that James is doing great and is right on target. All developmental milestones have been met, which we already knew but it is always reassuring to hear it from the pediatrician. James weighs 25 pounds 6 ounces (70%ile) is 34 inches long (100%ile) and has a head circumference of 19 inches (80%ile). A few vaccines and he was ready to go.

This evening I interviewed a new babysitter and we love her. I told Sophia that she went to the same school as Kara so Sophia was very excited to meet her. It turns out the new babysitter goes to Chatard (Kara went to Cathedral) but we won't tell Sophia. Her name is Ellen and I think she will be around for a while. Yeah! What a good day!

Flowergirl for Hire

Does anyone need a flowergirl? It turns out my little Sophia is quite the performer. After preparing her (with books, videos, and talks of Princesses) for the important job for her cousin Jessica's wedding, Sophia was ready. She wore a yellow and white gown from Vietnam (which is where Jess Beeson - now Tocco - lives) with a flower crown of white daisies. She walked down the aisle holding hands with Lige (the other flowergirl) and carefully dropping yellow and white rose petals down the aisle. Every once in a while she would stop dropping flowers to look up at her Mamma and yell "Hi Mamma" with a sweet wave. She won the crowd! If there wasn't a beautiful bride getting married, I think Sophia would have won the show ;). Sophia is now ready for any other wedding as a flowergirl...Lisa - are you ready?

Anyway, now that the wedding is over, next on the list is Dad's birthday party. Dad turns 60!! I can't believe it! We (Beck, John, Carol, and I) rented the whole bowling alley in Brazil for the occasion. So far we have 125 RSVP yes but who knows how many will show up. Hopefully it will be a lot of fun for Dad. I know Mom has been stressed out (or at least doing a good job of stressing everyone else out) for about 3 weeks. She keeps insisting we do not have enough food. Luckily for us we are having appetizers and cake which means we are not responsible for starving people not getting a meal that day. Ahh, I love appetizers.