We're getting old!

It is hard for us to believe that on Monday our baby girl will be 3 years old. Something about that number makes her not seem like a baby anymore. A few of her hilarious stories from this week make us realize that she really isn't a baby. Thursday afternoon she was playing with Little People while I was cleaning up the lunch dishes and I heard her saying, "Your body tensed, your eyes grew wider, and your mind raced." As I peeked around the corner at her she turned her back to me and kept on playing. She was taking the phrase from a Sesame Street book that she loves to read about being afraid of the dark. Then, tonight we were getting ready to leave the house and I was trying to put her shoes on her. We were having a time of it and she was getting very frustrated with me. She slumped herself down on the floor and said, "Mom, this is ridiculous." I couldn't look up at her I was laughing sooooo hard! By the time I did look up it looked like I'd been crying! She's not a baby, is she?!?

Carson has had quite the week. We started swim lessons on Monday and he was ready to go all day long. He woke up from his nap and felt rather steamy, but I assumed it was just from snoozing so long, so we changed our clothes and headed off to lessons. As we were nearing the end of lessons he became very clingy and whimpery. By the time we got home, we knew something was wrong. He went from bad to worse throughout the next 3 hours...he had a fever of 103 and was unhappy about everything. By Tuesday morning when I called the doctor he seemed to be doing better, but I thought he should be checked out anyways. Luckily we went because he had strep throat...yuck! He was totally better by Wednesday morning.

They both did great at swim lessons on Wednesday...Delaney loves to jump in "alone" and swim "alone." She claims to be ready for the class that we don't have to get into the water with her. She may be ready, but we're not!! Carson is still timid at lessons, but he was a wild man in our plastic pool in the backyard. He was in and out and up and down. He fell over twice which resulted in a face full of water and he just came up spitting and laughing. Hope that helped loosen him up for lessons on Monday.

Matt has news - for the safety of everyone in our county, he won't be a fireman anytime in the near future. I say for the safety of everyone in our county because somehow, at his desk job today, he managed to try to cut his thumb off....anyone see an issue there?!? He came home before lunch with 10 stitches. On the downside though, he really did find out that he didn't get the job at our local fire dept. However, after much debating with himself, he did go sign the application to start the hiring process at the Indianapolis Fire Dept. It also looks to be a 6 month process, so don't look for any updates in the near future. He was placed on a list that the three townships he interviewed with will hire from. That list is good for 2 years, so, theoretically, he could get a call at anytime that he's next on the list.

I am off to rifle through the closet of gifts to see what Delaney will be getting Monday. I'd tell you all what we bought her tonight, but some of you can't keep a secret, so you'll have to wait to see the picture of her getting it Monday evening. Her birthday will be action packed with swim lessons and dinner out. She's requested Chinese :-) That's my girl!!!!

Have a wonderful weekend!
Gretchen