Jordyn's Long Awaited Update

Jordyn is staying very busy this fall with 5th grade, basketball, Girl Scouts, and AWANA. Although she has participated in a couple casual basketball camps, this fall brought her first experience in a basketball league. During their first game, Jordyn scored a basket and she was stunned. She was so stunned that she stopped, looked to the crowd to find us and her eyes were big as saucers and her mouth was hanging open. It was really funny and several other parents came over chuckling after the game. She had a swagger running up and down the court after that basket. The picture below is of Jordyn shooting the first basket. If you look up by the light above the basket, you can see the ball on it's way to the basket. Jordyn is in the silver/black uniform closest to the camera. How lucky that I chose that moment to snap the picture.

Hanging out on the bench waiting for her turn to get back in the game.

Jordyn is pretty aggressive for a first time baller... we've actually had to rein her in a little which is easier than teaching her to be more aggressive on the court. Here she is defending the basket.

Jordyn's team - there are 2 teams of girls in Dilworth/Glyndon - pretty good for a small school district to have 26 5th grade girls interested in playing basketball.

Jordyn at school patrol. She was not impressed when I showed up to take a picture of her.

Jordyn's solo during her first band concert. She has chosen to play the saxophone. She is really enjoying it and I hope she continues. I wish I would continued to pursue piano or flute both of which I stopped playing before I got to high school.

Addyson's Long Awaited Updated

Several people have commented on my extended vacation from blogging, so I have spent the last couple hours uploading, editing, naming, and filing pictures and video in anticipation of getting back to business.

Addyson is still receiving weekly OT for her delayed gross motor development, but as I understand it they usually see children for a minimum of 6 months even if there is significant improvement. Addyson will continue sessions into January. She has been crawling for awhile now and is tearing around the house, including up the stairs. She has not yet started walking, but I think she is very close. She walks around holding onto a scooter and she is cruising along the furniture.

She is developing a strong personality. The first 15 months of her life, she was such a laid back little girl but she is finding her likes and dislikes and is not afraid to voice them to us. She is also becoming very funny and animated. Her favorite activity is to walk around the house and look at all the pictures. She points and yells when we walk by the pictures so we almost always have to stop and take a closer look.

She has been picking up on the sign language we have been teaching her. Her most used sign is 'more'.

Here is a video of Addyson dancing in the chair this past week. We were flipping tv channels just before bed and she started dancing to the music on the CMAs. So I made a mad dash for the camera and she rewarded me by pulling out almost all of her best dance moves. Kevin's favorite didn't make the dance list though... when she swings her butt back and forth.

Addy looking at the picture book my friend Carrie gave her for her birthday.

We see a few curls sneaking through, but not enough to know whose hair type she'll end up with.

Stacking blocks

I'm trying to take a picture of Addyson but she keeps peeking in at the camera.

Playing with Papa Spud in Chokio.

Playing on the floor