October!

Really, it's Oct. 8th already??? Seriously I can't keep up....

Let's see... After two weeks of extreme sickness by at least 3/4 of our family, we are now in a holding pattern of relative health thankfully. We all seem to have slightly runny noses, scratchy throats, etc but nothing truly debilitating so I'm calling it good. Here's an update on the girls:

Emily is rolling all around and doing interesting things on her belly (like looking as though she is going to start crawling already!)

Emily started with some solid foods. Rice cereal first and now is on to bananas. Honestly, she might not be quite ready. She takes a bite or two and then she is done. Seems more interested in the bananas than the cereal. But we'll keep trying and see if she takes a liking to it.

Emily is also going through an early wake-up phase. She wakes up for the day around 4-4:30am a lot now which frankly just is so not fun. But hopefully it won't last. We are experimenting with different bedtimes and trying to help her nap better. We think it's because she is going through a big developmental phase (at least according to The Wonder Weeks) so fingers crossed it doesn't last too much longer.

Sophie had her first dental check-up. She was SUCH a big girl and didn't cry, squirm or otherwise protest the teeth cleaning, fluoride treatment or the exam from the dentist. She has no cavities (YAY!) and doesn't yet have her top 2nd year molars (she does have her bottom ones though). And she has something called hypo-mineralization which means her teeth will be particularly sensitive to decay so we have to do a really good job of brushing her teeth more. She isn't a huge fan of tooth brushing but we're working on it.

Sophie baked and decorated a birthday cake for her DeeRee (with help from Daddy). It was a thing to behold for sure! Happy Birthday to our beloved, DeeRee!

School is going very well for Sophie. She seems to enjoy it and comes home with a new piece of art each day and singing a new song or talking about a new book they read.

And finally on a sad note, I'm very very sad to say that we lost Sophie's pets, Fishy and Crabby, this week. I don't know why they both mysteriously crossed over on the exact same day. Maybe the cold rainy spell sealed the deal for them, who knows. I think we will not get a new Crabby at this point. Though I might try to sneak a new goldfish in the bowl before she notices Fishy is gone.