19 Days.

I think I may be a bit more excited then the boys are. In 19 days both boys will start school. Carter is starting the normal 4K program and Oliver is going in to the Early Childhood education. Oliver's speech has come a long long way in the last 6 months we have been with birth to 3, but its still not quit up to par yet. Actually in the last month he has had a huge huge huge growth in speech. 6 Months ago at 2 1/2 years old Oliver had around 8 words, now Oliver is telling us I don't want to and its not nap time yet 2 more minutes. Its crazy how far he has came. We are guessing some where around 300ish words. Its amazing how far he has come. 6 months ago all he did was whine whine whine. Now he is starting conversations with us.

Oliver is still not caught up with kids is age although he is almost there. The day you turn 3 you age out birth to 3. The day you turn 3 you age in to the school district. Oliver doesn't turn 3 until October but I got the call yesterday that they are letting him start at the beginning of the year. Oliver will go to school 4 days a week Monday- Thursday and afternoons so 2 1/2 hours a day. He will also get picked up by a bus. This is huge and honestly quit scary to me. I just see him as such a baby and maybe its just me but I don't know if I am ready to start school.

I talked to Amber our speech therapist today, she was the speech therapist for the school last year so she knows a little bit of the ins and outs about how it works. She told me there usually is little communication between the parents, teacher, and speech therapist there. This worry's me a little bit I mean its not like he can talk that great how am I suppose to know whats going on at school. I have decided to get a notebook and have the teacher write each day or maybe even once a week what they are doing and working on.

Carter is starting 4K. School isn't anything new or exciting to him. Maybe he will be more excited when its gets closer but right now he isn't acting excited about it at all. Carter did Preschool last year at a private place so this year and this school is new to him. Also new to him is he is going 5 days a week this year. Last year it was only 2 days a week. Another new thing is he is riding the bus. I think this is going to be hard on him. Oliver and Carter are both going to school at the same place and same time but they have to ride different buses. From what I am being told Oliver's bus is only for the Early Childhood kids so only 3 year olds will be on Oliver's bus. Carter has to ride the bus with all of the kids ranging from 4 years old to 18 years old. I think this might be a little bit scary to him. If it was me I would be a little bit scared to. It will be interesting come the first day of school when he has to get on that bus. I could drive them to school every day its only a half of mile away but I would much rather not. It will be so nice come the middle of winter not have to get the van cleaned off and bundled up to bring them to school. I think the bus aspect is one of the things I am most excited about so I hope they do good on it.

Well we have 9 days left to get these boys ready for there new adventure. Wish me luck!

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Deer and Cousins

We took the kids to a local deer farm called Fawn Doe Rosa. The kids had a blast. We went along with my cousin Trent and his wife Brittany and their 2 kids Brooke and Brodie. The kids all loved the place except for Oliver who was bit by one of the ponys.

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Naked Baby

I got to meet up with a good photography friend of mine last night. It was hot but Cora didn't seem to mind. This location is to die for seriously perfect for little girls. Nicole has a super exciting shoot coming up with a bunch of little girls that I get to tag along with at this location and its going to be amazing! Since I never got around to taking 1 year photos of Cora right at a year we will call these her 1 year pictures even though she is now 14 months old.
All the kids slept in this morning so I got to edit the pictures from last night. Actually its 11 am right now and Carter is still sleeping.

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Before and After.

This is why you go to a real photographer, one who knows what they are doing. Here is a before and after of a picture I took this morning. The before shot is what comes strait out of camera (SOOC) there is no editing done to it at all. Its a boring shot nothing I would ever hand on my wall. The after picture is totally and completely different I promise you at some point in time you will see it on my walls.

And just another cute one of my little girl :)

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Preschool Graduation Day

What a bitter sweet day it was. It feels like yesterday when I was sending him off to his first day of preschool and now the year is already over. He is so so excited for next year and to go to his new school. I too am excited for next year. Oliver will be going to the same school. He was accepted in to the early intervention program. Carter and Oliver will go to the same school at the same time 4 days a week. Not only that but they will both ride the bus to school though they will be on different buses. I am so excited about it. I think going to school will really really help Oliver out.

Here are some pictures of graduation day I finally got around to editing and uploading.

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Pool

Yesterday was frustrating to say the least. Its was 90 degresses out with like a million percent humidity uck. First thing we had to go was run to Target. While at Target I had the smart idea to get the kids a pool they all could fit in to because the one they have right now is just big enough for one baby, not 3 toddlers. So I pack up all 3 kids and we go to target. We get what we need and a new pool.

Get home put the kids down for naps and start blowing up the pool. 2 1/2 hours later using a pump the pool is blown up. What do I realized there are freaking holes form blowing it up on the bottom of the pool. I had promised the boys they could go in the new pool. So I pached up the holes with some tape. I wanted to do half cold water and half warm water so that Cora could use it but I couldn't get the hot water attached. I was so frustrated. We waited until Jim got home and he put some hot water in but not enough the pool was way to cold for her. She really didn't seem to mind though. Anyways this morning I wake up and half the pool is empy and the air is out of it. This is not something I did so today we are going back to target to get a new and better pool.

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In the back yard

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