I'm back

Sorry for the lack of blogging lately ( if you care :) ) I was mad at blogger because all our pictures got deleted, and I mean ALL of them. All the way back to 2008 when I first started our blog :( (long story) But I'm going to try to go back and restore them all, and get caught up on blogging. I still need to post about Christmas. But I just wanted to add somethings so I would remember them. Leah is registered for preschool this August!! I was having a really hard time with it at first, but now I'm excited. I think she's ready for it and will love it and thrive there. Even if I'm not 100% ready for her to go. She had to go to a preschool screening a few weeks back, to evaluate her development and make sure she didn't have any learning disabilities or have any special needs, they also use it as a guide to see her progression throughout the school year. The people who tested her were really impressed with her language and reasoning skills. She did great in counting, sorting, colors, and her alphabet. The one thing she was a little behind in was "motor skills" i.e. cutting with scissors and hopping on one foot. I thought I was being a responsible parent by not letting my 2 year old use scissors, but I guess I was wrong. And I have to say, that she gets her lack of coordination from her momma :) Another thing I want to note, mostly for personal record is the letters that she's recognizing. I just recently started doing letter flash cards with her and she can recognize between 9 and 12 letters. She mixes a few up every now and then. The letters she can recognize are A, B, S, W, X, O, L, E, H, and sometimes R, and M.

I think that's all for now. Baby will be here in 4 weeks!! We are all SO excited. I can't wait to not be pregnant anymore. and Leah can't wait to be a big sister. Nick and I are really excited for her to take on this new role. She is such a good helper and she has such a tender spirit that we just know she will be an amazing big sister. She's been offering to say family prayer at night before bed. We have to prompt her on what to say occasionally but the one thing she always says is "we're thankful for 'insert baby's name here' " she always remembers him and every time she see's my belly, she asks if she can give him a hug and a kiss. What a lucky little boy he is to have such a loving sister!