Three year old well child visit!

My gentle giant passed her well child checkup with flying colors! 

She's off the charts for height, and a perfect weight for her height. She's smart, social, physical, and mostly impressed the nurse when she read her letters to prove her eye sight. She was confused at the silly pictures and the nurse thought she had eyesight issues. I asked her to use the letter chart. The nurse looked at me like I was crazy and then gave it a whirl. Clair read the whole line straight away without hesitation. I was so proud!

The nurse looks at me and said, "that's a first. She's the first 3 year old to ever do that!"

My girl is awesome!

She gave our favorite doctor Dr. Clarence a hug before we left. 

Confession: I enjoy coaching softball

A couple years ago Katie convinced me to sign Ellie up to play softball with Erika. Shortly after, she was convinced to coach and I agreed to help. I was clueless but was game. It took 2 years before I felt confident enough to enjoy it. Finally, this year, I did. Four seasons later it was fun for me and I think Ellie too!

She's turned into a little first basement enough to even make the allstar team. Not only is it fun to see Ellie grow, but I'm amazed at how fun it is to watch the other girls grow over these two years as well. What amazing thing it is to see other kids grow and maybe have had some influence on it. It's awesome when they are proud of themselves. 

This year's All-Star game was very intense. Our girl started off ahead, then we fell behind, and then we came back and had an awesome six inning and one! My blood is pumping so heavily during this game. It was so excited watching the girls. We were not the top-seeded team, but we will talk seeded team together. 

Meeting Colleen and Roberts Baby

Yesterday the kids and I took a road trip to meet Robert and Colleen's first born, Peter. He's not quite two weeks old. 

Each of my kids was thoroughly excited for this trip, even though it meant over four hours in the car, they were excited and didn't once consider not going. I love their hearts!

We all couldn't wait to get our hands on Peter. The smiles that came on their little faces as they saw him, held him, and touched his little person was amazing. Peter was a good sport and I think he enjoyed meeting them too even though he was hungry. He was patient with them. He even enjoyed trying to nurse on Max's little shirt. 

Thank you to Colleen and Robert for being so sharing with Peter and allowing the kids to hold him. They were gentle and that is great, but I know it's hard to trust the little ones with your precious new bundles. 

I wish we lived closer so we could go back. I don't think I got enough of my own snuggles in :). Each time I got my hands on Peter Ellie started in with her sweet look of- it's my turn right?

I still love you

Clair was in the bath last night and her feet were hurting her. She was tired and crying and fussing. In that moment she stops for a second turns to me and says, "mommy I still love you even when I'm hurting."

Then she Kees crying. 

I was so touched. In that moment of hurt, tired, crying three year old brain, she was still able to look outside herself. She is one amazing little girl. I know she is a better person then me for sure!

I love my Clair Vonita!