Pittsburgh, PA

Greetings everyone! We are so sorry that it's been so long since there has been a new post. The weather has been beautiful on and off and when it's on...we are outside enjoying it. Carys has had wagon rides and rides in her little car. We have been experiencing some other things besides the nice weather.
Carys now has her eighth tooth. That makes four on the top and four on the bottom. She recently bit her cousin Reese and even drew blood. We are so sorry Reese. Carys didn't know that biting you would hurt!! Our little princess is still consistently signing. She signs eat, more, bye/hi, diaper, sleep and all done/all finished. She is now doing all the signs exactly how we have taught her, which is awesome. Tonight she did the sign that looks like mother. I'm not sure if this was a fluke or if she meant it. I guess well see.
Last weekend Tim had to go out to Pittsburgh, PA for work again. Last time he went alone and we went to see the Anthony family. This time Carys and I tagged along. We had so much fun. We left last Saturday and came home the following Tuesday.

We had planned to go to the zoo on Sunday. The weather that day was perfect for zooing it. This zoo was so nice. It was clean, the exhibits were close together, and was set throughout on one of the local mountains. All of the animals were out enjoying the nice day too. When we went to the zoo last summer, Carys was too young to really understand to look at the animals. Not this time. She would look and point. I think her favorite was the aquarium. There was this tank that you could walk under and she was super excited about that. Tim and I thought we needed to get Carys something to remember her zoo trip so we got her a mommy and baby penguin puppets. She held them right up and hugged them all the way out to the car. People were commenting on how cute she was. That's our girl.

On Monday Carys and I walked to Cracker Barrel for lunch. In their little store we bought this bubble kit so after lunch was sat outside at the hotel blowing bubbles. When daddy finished up with work we drove to Mango Park and drove around. There were some covered bridges, a river and some beautiful scenery. Carys enjoyed the relaxing drive so much she fell asleep. She did, however, wake up just in time to have some ice cream.

Once we got back home it was back to our daily duties. We are still trying to get her back to taking her naps. She is now only nursing at bedtime and we are down to only four minutes at that. She must be growing too because she eats all waking hours. Last Thursday she had an appointment with her audiologist. She had her audiogram and is still have normal hearing. I pray all the time that she hears as I do and that her hearing continues. Thank you God for hearing my prayers.

On Tuesday she has her 15 month well baby visit. I'm anxious to see how much she has grown. I know her pediatrician will be pleased with how well she is functioning overall. She gets more and more fun each day!!