Owen turned TWO!

The Oyster Roast/Owen birthday party! The oysters were so yummy , it was good times had by all.

Owen just ate the icing off the cupcake!

Toys from granny!

Owen opens a present from mom the next day he really put his body into it! HAHAHAH

Present from Aunt Caren, thanks aunt Caren!

Presents from Grandma Poe!

Yummy on my birthday mom made me my favorite spaghetti and meatballs with an ice cream Sunday for dessert! Yummy! Happy Birthday big guy we love you lots!!!!!

Well a few days late on the birthday post but things have been crazy busy. I know busy is relative you make time for what you want but lets face it there are only 24 hours in the day! Nathan was sick last week and just when he turned the corner Owen got it. Carl and I have also come to realization okay maybe I came to the realization that we have now found how much is too much and here we are. Two parents working oh did I mention that Carl has two jobs now which take up more time then when he proposed this option to me in August. Carl's commute to both of his jobs are well over an hour if you count the enter and exit time to the fortress or whatever I should call it! Also Carl is Nathan's soccer coach, Caitlin is on a soccer team. We are still at piano and boyscouts and well there you have it everything is fine until the kids get sick and then mom gets no sleep and then the wheels fall off the bus! This week I can say I have been exhausted here are a few of the conversations: Mom Owen will not stop crying . I say give him a lollipop. But mom he already had one, I don't care give him two more! Mom I didn't brush my teeth um okay well we are going to the dentist next week they will take care of it teeth are over rated! I think everyone is on the mend and if mom ever gets a few good nights of sleep all will be well again in the world and we can brush teeth and go grocery shopping and talk about the good times hahahaha!

Okay so Owen had a great birthday party /Oyster Roast. I didn't really tell anyone that it was a birthday party because I didn't want a million presents that Owen would ignore and then proceed to break. Although he got a few presents and Nathan and Caitlin are enjoying them!

Owen did finish his evaluations and he did qualify for Early Intervention although after considering all the pros and cons we decided to decline it. He is already recieving services through his primary care provider and well putting a tag on a two year old that will follow him through his entire education has implications so for now we will wait and just see how it goes. I know I know everyone has advice and thanks to all my friends for their long conversations this week, Erin, Lisa, Blythe, Janelle, Amber! Thanks girls I love ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Funny Story

I know I know I need to post the pictures from Owen's birthday but we have a house of sick kids and I have not has a free second so I promise I will tonight... maybe! Anyway for the past few days Nate has brought home library books from school. For homework he is supposed to read two chapters from books in his classroom but he usually has no problem just reading the entire book so the kids goes through books. Last night I asked him why he had library books on non library days and he said that he has read all the books in the classroom and they are not hard so Ms. Mcguyer said if I was bored with the ones I have already read twice I could go to the library and get books. HAHAHAHAH that a boy read all the books in the school before you finish 1st grade!!!! ..... I can relate I remember being so bored at times in school. I did the second grade twice and the fourth grade twice..... Back then they called them split classes but you did the same thing two years in a row.

Almost TWO!!!!

Sometimes I just run like a crazy man in circles around the house, and I laugh the entire time!

Watch out here I come!

Tight turn!

Get out of my way lady!

Hiding in the pantry is fun, doesn't bother me that I can't reach the light, nope I am not afraid of anything!

Just look at those blue eyes, and those muscles I workout!

Well I wanted to do a post every day this week about Owen but I just forgot to take my camera. Yesterday we had a great time going for a run and then we found a pile of hay and the daffodils are in full bloom but the camera was sitting on the desk. Oh well, maybe this afternoon.

Here are some pictures of one of Owens favorite games, its called run in circles as fast as he can for no apparent reason at all.

One foot in front of the other!

We did pizza night on Friday night with Janelle and Jason . The kids love it when Bryn and Morgan sleep over! Waffles for breakfast!

Caitlin getting ready for school. She has decided to let her bangs grow out, wish us luck!

The kids watching t.v. before bed!

Watching the hermit crab!

Nathan lost his front tooth!

He is getting so tall!

Its been busy around here but nothing exciting. Its been feeling like winter here of course because soccer started last week. Oh how I hate to sit outside in the cold! Spring can you please hurry I am tired of waiting. Nathan lost his front tooth last weekend.. picture to follow! I meet Ali and Troy in Chapel Hill last weekend to visit Alice she has been sick lately and had a few really close calls but she is on the mend and I am counting the days until Friday so I can go visit again. Owen will finish his early intervention testing this week. I just keep hoping that he is just a late talker like all the stories I hear of kids who wait. Unfortunately, I have this gut instinct and 9 out 10 times its usually right. So I will go with my gut and get him all the help I can until we figure it out or he decides to talk. His speech therapist thinks it may be Speech Apraxia which is tough to hear but glass half full it could always be worse or we could be wrong! You really can't make a diagnosis until age three. He's got that smile that melts my heart and even though he is so much work he is awesome! Carl has been amazing this week mom got a little down about it all last week with speech, audiologist, early intervention I was tired and didn't really know if it was worth it, if we even needed it ugghhh but we have a plan and Carl took Owen to speech last Friday so mom could have a free morning. I cleaned the house and it was so much fun!!!! This week I will hit the dentist with Nathan and then the following week it will be Owen's 24 month appointment, and Caitlin's shots for kindergarten AHHHHHH and then Carl will head to New Bern with Owen for his last evaluation for early intervention. It makes me tired just thinking about it! Enjoy the pictures and stay tuned!

Good Job Nathan

Nathan got his second report card of first grade and he did great. He really didn't have much room for improvement but he is now above grade level in reading, writing and spelling and at grade level in math. His grade equivalent score is 4.1 which means he is comparable to those of an average fourth grader in the first month of school. He also received a national Percentile Rank of 99. Which means he scored greater than 99% of students nationally in the same grade..... so what do I have say AHHHHAHHHH the college fund is looking rather small these days!!!Keep up the good work Nathan and you better get a scholarship because mommy is going shopping tomorrow!!!