Hello again!

Sorry it's been such a long time since my last post. Life has kept us busy! Hubby's parents were here for the last week visiting. We had something planned for almost every day they were here. They arrived last Thursday and made it here before we took Courtney to My Gym, so they were able to go with us and check it out.

Friday we headed up to the Academy to do some shopping at the visitors center. Saturday morning Hubby and I took advantage of the ability to escape without the girls and we went car shopping. We went and test drove several cars. We are on the hunt for a larger vehicle so that we can fit us, the girls and the double stroller in it, plus and extra person or two if needed.

Saturday evening we had our neighbors over for dinner. We had put ribs on the smoker that morning, and they cooked all day. After dinner, and after Courtney went to bed, we all played a few games of Sequence. It's a new game Hubby's mom and I went and picked up at Target Friday night. It's easy and really fun!

Sunday Hubby and Courtney stayed home and the rest of us went to the mall. We were getting pictures taken the next day and wanted to get the girls some matching dresses. That night we had my parents over for dinner as well, and we smoked a standing rib roast (prime rib) all day. It was pretty darn good!

Monday we went and got our pictures taken. We went to Kiddie Kandids at the mall. We have taken Courtney there several times and always love how things turn out. Once again, we were not disappointed. Here are a few pics, there are more on our website.




Monday night Hubby and I skipped out again after Courtney was in bed to go and do more car shopping. We hopefully plan on getting out again this weekend too. We still have a few more vehicles we want to check out.

Tuesday we headed up to Castle Rock to hit the outlet mall. We found some great deals and I got some Christmas/Birthday shopping done already! Courtney didn't get a nap that day, but she did pretty good regardless!

Wednesday morning we headed up to the zoo. My friend at the zoo had arranged for us to feed the hippos! So, we started off by feeding the giraffes then headed to the hippo house to feed them. They scared Courtney a little bit with their HUGE mouths, but she tells everyone now that she got to feed the hippos. I got to put whole cantaloupes in their mouth! Courtney tells everyone she fed them 'balls'.

The whole time that Hubby's parents were here, Hubby was fighting a viral infection. He has this awful dry cough that he can't seem to kick. He is finally doing better since he got prescription cough medicine.

Today is Thursday, Hubby's parents left EARLY to fly home to Florida. Courtney had a neurologist appointment today. He evaluated her again, like he did about a year ago. He said that he sees the same thing in her that he did a year ago. She has some development delay or wiring problems in the part of her brain that drives her swallowing. He expects that she will grow out of it, or therapy will fix it, or they may be able to help it with medication down the road. I really like her neurologist. He is probably my second favorite doctor of her's behind her pediatrician. He was able to tell me that yes she has neuro problems, but they are fixable somehow. And from everything he told us today, he made me feel a lot better about parenting. He made me feel like I am not crazy! That is always a good feeling.

Well, I need to go and move laundry and go to bed. I am exhausted after the busy week we have had!!!