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Chloe's been wanting glasses ever since Aubrey got hers. One of the girls in church had an old pair of fashion glasses that she couldn't use anymore, so she gave them to Chloe. She loves them!

Coye was crying during supper, so Aubrey finished eating and then said she would take Coye into the living room and entertain him while I finished eating and cleaned up the kitchen. She did an awesome job and he quit crying! She even entertained Chloe too! Note the rattles on Coye's wrists. Apparently she put some on his ankles too but he kicked them off. :)

Calvin's Broken Nose

So two weeks ago Calvin was clipping on a heifer that was going to a sale and got kicked in the face. His nose swelled up and he had a cut on the bridge of his nose. He, of course, didn't stop working and refused to go to the emergency room. It didn't bleed much and didn't look crooked so he didn't think his nose was broken. The next day it was still swollen and the cut was still bleeding some, but he wasn't in much pain. The following day he started getting a black eye and I started worrying again that his nose might be broken and he needed to get it looked at. My theory was that we've already met our deductible for the year so why not get it looked at now. We (his parents, brother, and me) finally convinced him to at least see the doctor so he went in on Friday only to be told that it was probably broken and he would need an x-ray to confirm. So Saturday he went and got an x-ray. On Tuesday, the results came back that it was indeed broken and he would need to see an ear, nose, and throat specialist. I insisted on going with him today (I wanted to hear for myself what the doctor said). The doctor was pretty insistent on "surgery" (no cutting, just lifting and putting the bones back in place), so that's what we decided to do. He was scheduled for surgery at 6:00 p.m. tonight. I was a little nervous that they wouldn't be able to fix it since it's been almost two weeks, but everything went well and the doctor was able to get it straightened out. Hopefully he's not in too much pain and it heals correctly!

Chloe's 1st Day of Preschool

Today was Chloe's first day of preschool. She was so excited and ready to go! All week she's been waiting and today was finally her day. I'm so glad I was able to take her - I almost missed it because of Calvin's doctor's appointment, but we finished just in time for me to take her. It was nice having already been through it with Aubrey because we knew the routine and what to do. Chloe seemed to transition easily into the classroom. I'm sure partly because Grandma was there, but partly too because she's seen Aubrey in that room for so long it just felt normal to be there. When I went to pick her up after school was over, I was standing in the hallway looking into the classroom and could see her sitting at her table watching for me. I waved to her and she got this huge smile on her face. She was so cute! She said she loves school and talked nonstop about the things they did. I'm so glad my girls love school - it makes it so much easier!

Aubrey's 1st Day of Kindergarten!

Today was the day that I've been dreading for the past few months - the first day of kindergarten. While Aubrey has been counting down the days because she's been so excited, I've been hoping to wait as long as possible. It's not that I don't want my baby girl to grow and learn, it's just that I hate that she'll be away from me more than she'll be with me. Plus, she's such an awesome helper, a great playmate for her sister, and is so helpful with Coye. It's going to be such an adjustment for us all. Today was only a half day so she came home before lunch. Thank goodness! I was very proud of myself. I was able to stay composed for the most part. It was hard to say goodbye to her in the classroom, even though she was perfectly fine, and I only teared up a little. It wasn't until after leaving her in her room when one of my friends asked how I was doing that I almost lost it. They had opening chapel this morning, but because Coye hadn't yet eaten, we went home. Poor boy, he had to get up early this morning (7:45 a.m.). Yesterday he didn't get up until 10:15 a.m. He's going to have to adjust his schedule according to school now. On the plus side, I was able to get my upstairs cleaned this morning before going to pick up Aubrey. The first thing she said was that she didn't want to come home - she wanted to stay all day. At least she loved school and is happy to be back. She had a great morning and is excited to stay all day tomorrow!

3 Month Pictures

I've always taken the girls to Sears to get their pictures taken, but the past two times I've had them done, the pictures haven't been that great. So I decided to try a different place. Mom and Jenna met me at Portrait Innovations. My goal was to get one good shot of Coye for his three month pictures and then just get one of the three kids together. Well, the girl who took their pictures was really nice and took a little bit of everything. We ended up with 143 pictures to go through and pick from. Needless to say, I ended up with more than what I originally intended on getting. They were so good it was hard to choose, plus they printed them right there so I didn't have to make another trip to pick them up. These are just a few of the many she took.

Grandpa and Grandma Timm

The first weekend in August was spent helping my parents move. We all went down on Sunday to help them unload the trailors that held all of their belongings. The kids were so good - I helped unload some while Jen watched them. The girls were so excited to unpack the toys and all of the Fisher Price stuff that mom had been promising them they could play with. They were very patient and had to wait several hours before we found the boxes they wanted and were able to unpack them. That day we were able to get everything moved in and even some stuff unpacked (three of my aunts and my uncle came down too to help). Monday the kids and I went back down to help with some more unpacking. The girls had a blast playing in the "play room" where mom has all of the toys set up. I had promised them that I would take them to the park, so later that afternoon Jen and I took them to the park. The park was awesome and had a splash pad too. The girls were very unsure of having water spray at them until Jen got her swimsuit on and went in with them - then they loved it! They played in it for at least 20 minutes. After they were down with the splash pad, they played for a little bit on the playground. It's definitely a park we need to go back to. They had a blast!

Last week, mom and Jenna met me to have Coye's three month pictures taken. We then did a little bit of shopping and then mom wanted me to come back over to their house and help set up dad's office at school. By the time we got over there it was around 5 p.m. We ended up eating dinner and then going over to school to do some rearranging, unpacking, and decorating. It wasn't completely done when we left, but we had a good majority of it done. The girls had been anxious to take a bath in Grandma's tub with the feet, so I brought their pajamas so they could take a bath before going home. Coye even got a bath in the sink - which I'm not sure is going to last long if he keeps growing like he is - it was a tight fit. After feeding him, we headed home and we all went straight to bed.

Not quite sure about the splash pad

Decided it was okay with Aunt Jenna

Playing in the water

The playground

Crazy swings

Another crazy swing

Grandma's tub with the feet

Coye's "tub"

Glasses?!

Before starting kindergarten, each child has to have an eye exam. I took Aubrey the first part of June to have hers so that we could get it out of the way. I figured we'd be in and out no problem. She had never complained about not being able to see nor had her preschool teachers mentioned any kind of problem that they saw. So I was shocked when she got up in the exam chair and the doctor asked her to read a line of letters and she said she couldn't see them. The doctor had to make them several times bigger before she could read any of them. I couldn't believe it! After finishing the rest of the exam, the doctor said that Aubrey was nearsighted (can't see far away), but because it was summer and it was marginal, she didn't need them yet. We scheduled a re-check for the beginning of August to make sure that she really did need glasses. We went back about three weeks ago to get them checked and found out that she really does need them. We went through the rack of glasses and found some cute ones (I wanted to make sure hers were cute as the glasses I had first were hideous!) that we both liked. We had to wait a week for them to come in. After they came in, we went up and picked them up. Aubrey was so cute - as soon as she put them on, she was amazed that she could see the letters on the poster that she had never been able to see. As we were driving home, she thought it was great that she could see so far. As a parent, I felt terrible, but I had no idea that she couldn't see far away. Danielle made a good point that Aubrey didn't know what it was like to see things clearly from far away - it's always been that way to her. I'm just glad we found out now. She loves her glasses (it helps immensely that two of my nieces wear glasses all the time), and is pretty much wearing them all the time now. The doctor said that she has to wear them at school all day except for recess, but at home she doesn't have to if she doesn't want. She's very good about putting them in her case when she's not wearing them. We also had a talk with Chloe about how they aren't a toy and she's not allowed to touch them. Chloe of course wants glasses too and asked if she could get some for Christmas. :)

Last Days of Summer

The past couple of weeks have been very busy as we've tried to cram things in before school starts. When we're home, I've been making the girls (and Coye) a priority as I want to spend as much time with them as I possibly can before school starts. Needless to say, my house is filthy, I'm way behind on paperwork, and I haven't kept up with this. But it's been worth the time spent playing and doing fun things with them. Once they are back in school I can catch up on all the rest of this stuff.

Coye's cradle cap was getting pretty bad, so I doused his head with baby oil and scraped some of it off. He wasn't very happy - mostly because he was tired.

Getting ready to go swimming fo the first time. Aunt Dani found the suit and rash guard on vacation.
Coye loved the water! He even fell asleep in it the first time we went!

"Painting" with bubbles and food coloring

After a few attempts, I finally figured out the right ratio of bubble mix to food coloring to get it to work right.

Chloe had a hard time getting it to work right. She liked to just drip the "paint" on her paper instead.

The finished product

Coye's first attempt at swinging. He did pretty good.

Playing outside

All three swinging at once

I needed some new pictures of the girls in the basement, so we went to Eileen's to take some new pictures.

I was making supper and Coye was supposed to be playing with the stuff on his bouncy seat, but he found that he could watch the news on TV from where he was sitting and decided that was more fun.

He's getting so big!

Coye at 3 months

So I'm way behind in getting these up. Coye was 3 months old on August 6th. Hard to believe that he's that old already! On the one hand, I feel like he's been around forever, but on the other hand, I remember when he was this tiny little peanut. He's growing like a weed, but I still manage to get him into his 3 month clothing (he's got much cuter summer stuff in this size so he's going to wear it as long as he can). He didn't go to the doctor this month, so I tried to measure and weigh him by myself. According to me, he was 25 1/4" at the time and weighed around 12 lbs or so (our scale is an old dial one so it's really hard to tell any small difference in weight). He's found his fingers now and loves to put them in his mouth and suck on them. He's pretty much stopped rolling over. My theory is that he's gained too much weight now and can't manage to get over anymore. He's been sleeping really well at night - only getting up once usually, which is so nice. He loves to smile at people and is happiest when someone, really anyone, is talking to him. Mom says that he is accurately named seeing as how he's named after his grandpa Denny who also loves people and loves to talk. We'll see if Coye becomes a chatterbox as he gets older. He is such a joy and delight and I can't imagine life without him.