lake, family, & friends

Me, Andrea (due Dec. 6th), Kristen (due Oct. 3rd), and Renee

Last Friday the girls had their 4 month check-up. It went well. Raina still needs to go back in a few weeks for more head manipulation stuff. The doctor said he's worried about a few things and he mentioned doing some stretches with her (but then he didn't teach me how to do the stretches). Both girls are growing well, though. Lauren weighed in at 15 lbs. 2 oz. and Raina weighed in at 14 lbs. 5 oz. Raina was in the 25-50% for all measurements, whereas Lauren was in the 75th for weight and over the 100th for head size! She does have quite the noggin on her! :) After the appointment, we headed up to the lake. We figured it would be the last time we would get up there this year, so we wanted to make a go for it (even though the weatherman said it was going to rain a lot). Lucky for us the rain held off most of the day Saturday, so we were able to sit in the sun and swim. Barrett is becoming quite the little swimmer. It's so much fun to play with him in the water! I had a lot of help there, too. Cousin Jessica, Aunt Noelle, and Aunt Sheryl all helped out so much with the girls. Thank you! Also, Cousin Chad and Uncle Stu enjoyed playing with the girls and entertaining Barrett, too. It was so nice to be able to relax a bit! Sunday I had to leave in the morning (Ben stayed at the lake with the kids) to head down to a baby shower for my friend, Kristen. She is due October 3rd and just got back from a 6 month stay in Germany. It was so nice to see her. We'll be getting together again in a few weeks, so we'll be able to catch up more then. It was a very nice shower and definitely worth the long drive. Later that evening I had to venture over to Chris and Heather's for a birthday party grill. Chris just turned 27 and Heather wanted to get the family together. It was a nice winding down to the busy weekend. Today I am home with my kids enjoying one of the last days at home before going back to work. This week I have two days I have to go in for PD time at school (meetings and such all day). Then school starts Sept. 2nd. Here's to a new school year!!!