Kaitlyn and Sydney played indoor soccer in Jan and Feb. They had a great time with it. Sydney did well when she first started soccer last spring, but she's been playing the same sport for a year, so she got burnt out, but was sure excited when t-ball season started in April! Kaitlyn did VERY well in soccer this winter! She was really starting to excel a few weeks before the end of the season. Both coaches asked if she was playing in the spring, but we had to say no, since she was signed up for softball. She was sad to see the indoor soccer season end, but when softball season started after spring break in April, she started to enjoy ball. She has her really good days and her ok days with the sport, but when she gets the fire in her eyes, it's so fun to see her play. Sydney's league is like bumble t-ball. When the ball is hit, the whole team goes after the ball and even tackles each other sometimes. She is the only girl on her team, so it's fun to see her interact with the boys.
Makenzie had a bad month between March and early April. She ended up in the hospital with pneumonia and RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus). It's a very serious infection when the kids are very young. She was in the ICU within 12 hours of admission and remained there until we went home 5 nights later. It was a hard time for our family, but she is SO much more healther now. She couldn't break the 24 lbs mark for over 6 months and now she's gained 2 pounds in 2 months!
Liz took Makenzie to the UofM pulmonologist at the end of May and was very happy with the visit. The pulmonologist was very interested in Makenzie and her history and was SO helpful. She has determined she either has 1. a hard time with her secretions (which we knew), or 2. she could possibly have asthma. She has a hard time breathing when she's sick and when she gets a cold, but she's fine in the summer with the warm/hot weather. We are going back to see them in December, hopefully when Makenzie gets sick for her first sickness next winter. She usually gets real sick around Thanksgiving, so we'll see. It will be very helpful for them to see her so sick, so they can make a proper judgment.
Ken and I are planning our trip to Disney in June. We will be going for a week a few weeks after the girls are done with school. Makenzie will be staying at Grandma's for the week.
Ken and I were able to get away early April to a wedding at Disney (in Florida as Sydney says, since she doesn't think we went to Disney). It was good for all 5 of us to seperate and get a break from each other. Grandma Theresa and Great Aunt Barb came to spend time with the three girls. They had fun too. One day they stayed in the PJs all day and the girls helped them prepare dinner a few times! It was exciting to see what adult life was like again. It had been a while. This was the first time we had gotten on a plane without kids since they've been born. This was the longest we had been away too!
Liz has been baking and decorating a few cakes in April and May! A few birthdays and first communions! She really enjoys making cakes for others. Let us know if you need a cake for a special occasion!
Kaitlyn got glasses in April. She is really cute with them and she wears them all day at school and sometimes at home. They are really helping her in school. All her classmates are complimenting her and saying how nice she looks in them, so so far, so good. And did I mention she lost her first tooth (natually, anyway)
Liz's niece, Tess, got baptized in May and she became her godmother! It was a fun weekend and the girls were VERY good in church!
Things are going ok here. The warm weather will help alot for all of us to get out and enjoy the weather.
