Our newest walker...

Well, we have hit a new milestone and it is a big one. Ayden started walking a couple of weeks ago. We aren't sure if she did this on her own free will or because we gave her a Jenny Craig ultimatum. Needless to say, she looks a lot like Chris after a few Jameson's. She would stay up longer on her feet if she could walk without belly laughing. She gets herself laughing so hard, she tips right over. Her feet are in constant motion as if she is walking on stilts. It is so funny to watch.

She has made great strides in the past 6 months with us. We are working on her talking a bit more. We will be relieved when her vocabulary broadens beyond "DA!!!" Even though this is her only word, she uses it often and very loudly and for the most part gets

her way. While Garrett talks non stop, Ayden is by far the loudest. I guess she is eager to be heard. She has added so much to our family.

April April April.....

We spent part of our spring break visiting my parents. The kids enjoyed the beach and searching for shells and shark teeth with Pop Pop. We had been working on Ayden walking... as a result, she became quite stubborn and would lay down in the sand and not move. People were actually walking over her. I think she would have fallen asleep if we had let her. Well... we got her to walk... finally.


We have been enjoying the warmer weather and are counting down the days for summer vacation. We have a few fun short trips planned and we cannot wait to have the time off to play.

March Update... Home 6 months with Ayden

Sport season has started in the Carey house and Jordan is having a hard time narrowing down her choices. She is playing T Ball for the Indians this year and asks daily if today is the day she plays with her baseball team. She has stopped asking for the trophy and realizes that it will come at the end of the season. This week she has put me up on the pedestal... "Mom, YOU are snack mom!" I guess there are new roles for everyone. All week she has thought of something different for me to bring. I hope I don't disappoint.

Garrett is really enjoying school. He asks me every day if he is going to school. (He goes two days a week.) I am not sure if his enticement for "school" is fun related or the fact that he carries a lunch box. He takes his snacks very seriously and at the age of 3 will get his own lunch box from his cubby and pack it himself. I never have to worry about him forgetting it as he carries it around ALL morning. As much as his energy, non stop talking and inquisitive side is a nice break, I miss him while he is gone.

Ayden is doing fantastic. Today she had her 18 month check up. I wondered as we were driving to the office if she would still fit on the "infant" scale. In the past 6 months she went from being no where near on the charts, to the 90% for weight and 50% for height. Her pediatrician and I had a long discussion on her walking or lack their of. Well, as luck would have it, she started to walk TONIGHT! I look up and she walked clear across the room. I don't ever want to forget these moments.

Ayden has also become independent in the pool with her floaty. This is a good thing for me as she constantly wants to go into the pool. She is usually the first one in and the last one out. This is huge considering Garrett and Jordan are part fish.

We continue to spend our weekends at the beach. We do not take for granted this luxury and love our lazy afternoons in the sand.