Update, July

Okay, I have been a slacker. I have no excuse except it's summer!! We have been having so much fun I haven't even had a chance to sit down and type an update. But, I thought our doctor's appt last week deserved one!! Delaney weighed in at 29lbs 8 oz and was 35 1/2 inches tall. Carson weighed in at 29lbs 13 oz and was 36 inches tall. I think their heights are reversed b/c I think she is 1/2 inch taller than him, but that is how they wrote them down for me. Carson was in the 75th to 90th percentile for both height and weight and Delaney was in 10th to 25th for height and 25th to 50th for weight. They DEFINITELY do look like twins, although getting asked that question once during every outing does get annoying!!



We had an exciting 4th of July week. We took the kids to the Beech Grove fireworks on the 3rd with Aunt Shannon and Uncle Aaron. They did great!! We bought them popcorn from a vendor when we first got there and they sat and munched on it until a few minutes before the fireworks started. Carson fell asleep about 2 minutes into them and was only startled a few times, but quickly went right back to sleep. Delaney was too in awe to sleep, but she did sleep the whole way home (all of 10 minutes). They were so great that night that we decided to take them downtown after we spent the evening at my parent's house, but, a little rain made us decide not to brave that, probably a good idea b/c they ended up not starting until 10:30...yikes!!! On Friday (the 6th) we went to Madison to see the Regatta parade. Luckily our family has great connections and we watched in front of an air conditioned shop that we could escape to when the heat was too unbearable. The kids had more fun parading through the shop (with Grandpa Bub in tow) going back and forth between the food in the back room and the parade on the street. After the parade we (Matt and I) walked along the river while Grandpa Bub chased the kids up and down the street. It was very nice to visit with all of the family for the evening and to let the kids experience Regatta. We think a hotel room may be necessary for next year so that we can take in all of the events of the weekend. We drove home that night with 2 sleeping beauties!

That pretty much catches you up on our life - lots of parks, picnics, swimming in the baby pool, and walks have also consumed our time. We love to be outside, so the lack of rain has been welcomed in our house; not welcomed by our grass that is prickly, but that's okay...we have shoes!!

I'll try to be better with these updates.....

Love to you all!
Gretchen