Monday, September 7, 2009

10 months!

The same day Izzy started preschool, Maddy turned 10 months old! It seems absurd that her first birthday is already right around the corner! She is doing great - she has even taken some steps on her own, only about 3 or 4 at a time, but it's clear she's getting braver.
In honor of the first Buckeye game of the season, she sported her first "pigtails" or "horns" as daddy called them! In any event, they were stinkin' cute! :-)

Preschool at Daniel Wright Elementary

Izzy has started the preschool program at Daniel Wright Elementary in Dublin! What a big girl! She has only had one week so far, but she loves it. She was very sad that she didn't get to go to school today because of the holiday! She entered the program as one of 4 "typically developing peers" in a group of 12 kids. The other 8 have some type of disability or set back. Most are pretty mild, like hearing, speech, etc. with only one obviously physically disabled child in the class. Her friend, Nicholas Rhea, is also in the peer group. They are doing great so far! They look like such big kids... it seems like just yesterday our little ones were just learning to talk! Time flies!
Izzy had to get a picture with her sister on her first day of school...

Finally!

Finally! We have figured out the technical problems with downloading pictures... well, not really figured it out, but figured out how to maneuver around the issue. Anyway... a short recap of July and August:

Grandma brought Tammie and Chris and the kids to Columbus for a trip to the zoo - that's Brett's brother and sister-in-law and their kids Nathan and Leah. We had great fun! And, we even got to see an "Animal Encounter" with one of the female tigers.



We visited Greenville for Chris' 40th birthday party, went to one of Nathan's baseball games, and saw Tiffany and Jeremy Fine and their girls, Tessa and Addison. They also came to Columbus to the zoo (It was Buckeye day)! We learned a new trick from them - making a single stroller do double duty!
Izzy started ballet class over the summer and loves it! She's in the fall class, which will last until a recital in the spring. She's got a much larger class now, which is taking some time to adjust to, but she still enjoys seeing Miss Meredith each week.