tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51460866820807955632024-03-14T05:19:25.442-05:00The Castellano GirlsChuck and Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06936415238428141949noreply@blogger.comBlogger352125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146086682080795563.post-19469235009207658332014-02-26T13:45:00.003-06:002014-02-26T13:47:32.744-06:00Smile BIG<br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Luckily, it was less traumatic than Gwendolyn's first trip was. This time, she actually let the hygienist clean her teeth! For her part, Braelyn's only disgust came when her turn in the chair was done and she realized that she wouldn't be able to finish watching the cartoon that was playing on the ceiling-mounted television. (I know, oh the humanity... What if Woody doesn't make it back home to Andy!?!?!?)</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Anyway, here are some recent shots of our three favorite subjects that we wanted to share... Enjoy!!!</strong></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: small;">Unfortunately, Shea has been constantly battling ear infections these past few months... We think tubes could be in her future! =(</span></em></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Thankfully, Grammie pinch-hit at home last week while Dad was gone for meetings in Indy!!!</span></strong></em></td></tr>
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Chuck and Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06936415238428141949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146086682080795563.post-46073246736048429292014-02-19T12:56:00.000-06:002014-02-19T12:56:42.552-06:00Our Motley Crew<span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I just realized that I forgot to add this photo yesterday.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">We actually had a warm (well, I suppose that's relative when compared to say July) day this week and ventured out for a walk in the neighborhood.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I think we exceeded the maximum capacity of the double stroller but, oh well!!!</span><br />
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Chuck and Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06936415238428141949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146086682080795563.post-78899933905769233342014-02-18T14:47:00.002-06:002014-02-26T12:22:04.427-06:00Here we go again!!!<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well then... Time continues to fly by... I'm sure that has nothing to do with the fact that we have three girls under the age of five at home to keep up with, right? (Yep, I'm blaming my tardiness getting a new post up on the kids... After all, isn't that the whole purpose of having a family?!?!?!?!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">The good news about there being so much time between now and our last post is that Mom's been working her iPhone non-stop taking photos of our crew. So, we have a TON of new ones to share with you all.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: small;">This has become a theme we see a lot of at home also... Shea crawling around like crazy.</span></strong></em></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Give me that phone, Mommy!!!</span></strong></em></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: small;">What does Shea love more than table food... Chewing on the head of this baby doll... Yummy!!!</span></em></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: small;">Yep, that Shea's already got a mouthful of teeth. Better yet, every time this picture comes up on Heather's phone, Shea grabs it and tries to kiss the phone's screen. Who says narcissism isn't alive and well! ;)</span></strong></em></td></tr>
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Chuck and Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06936415238428141949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146086682080795563.post-71273583568581578192014-01-08T14:12:00.002-06:002014-01-08T14:15:28.727-06:00Blogging in 2014 (What, how is 2013 already over with?!?!?!)<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, somehow another year is in the books and we're into 2014 in the blink of an eye.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heather and the girls are back to school and I am still trying to get over the Chiefs playoff loss to the Colts... But the pain should eventually fade (or so I've been told).</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">Gwendolyn and Braelyn (open your eyes) were excited to find that Nana had got them Mooshka dolls for Christmas this year.</span></strong></em> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Shea has graduated from her swing to a bouncer now... Unfortunately, the twins are obsessed with "helping" their little sister to bounce (or as Heather and I like to say get launched) whenever she's in there.</span></em></strong></td></tr>
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Chuck and Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06936415238428141949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146086682080795563.post-67226755276312392602013-12-30T15:39:00.001-06:002013-12-30T15:41:39.915-06:00A Month Has Passed Already?!?!?!<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Wow... So I just realized it's been over a full month since last I wrote... I guess hopping back on "the wagon" is more difficult than I thought!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Since both Thanksgiving and Christmas has passed since last I checked in, I thought the best way to update you on the Castellano Family's going-ons is in a mom-styled photo listing. I also FINALLY added poor Shea to the photo header of the blog so she's represented (nothing like waiting eight full months just to be sure she made the cut)!!!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Anyway, enjoy these photos and I'll try to do better in 2014... Sorry again!!!</strong></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">This <u>ALMOST</u> became our Holiday Card photo this year... Unfortunately no one would have likely understood the humor except for us... But this is our life!!! (Note the facial expression of all three of our "angels". Now that's priceless)</span></em></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Daddy, this is what happens when you leave me alone with Mommy...</span></em></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><strong>And this is how I end up getting dressed when I'm left alone with Daddy!!!</strong></em></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><em>Braelyn and Gwendolyn prep for their first church pageant by singing "Away in a Manger" for Mommy & Daddy.</em></strong></span> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Santa got the twins a doll house this year stocked full of dolls and accessories.</span></em></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><em>Gwendolyn was excited to say the least when her cast was finally taken off!!! Now we are working to strengthen her leg and getting her acclimated again to her walker and forearm crutches. Let's just say that the former has been an easier task than the latter thus far.</em></strong></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">A rare moment of cuddles for the twins... They must have remembered that Santa would be coming to town soon.</span></strong></em></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Since you can't quite make it out, Shea's shirt reads "My First Christmas"</span></em></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><em>(L-R) Cousins Anthony & Ava join Braelyn & Gwendolyn on a train ride at Union Station. We had our whole family in town for Thanksgiving this year.</em></strong></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ah, this really is the perfect bookend to this conglomerate of holiday photos... The Castellano trio meets up with Santa at Dad's holiday office party. As you can see, Shea doesn't quite know what to think, Braelyn is happy to smile as long as she can get her hands on whatever Santa's got for her in that gift bag, and poor Gwendolyn just wants a hug from Mommy and/or Daddy... As long as the team's mascot KC Wolf is no where in sight that is!!!</span></em></strong></td></tr>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Her biggest complaint thus far is that her cast is "too hard" so it is difficult for Gwendolyn to crawl (and, consequently move).</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>She went back to school yesterday and all seemed to fall in line with her typical day there. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Luckily, her cast is due to come off before Christmas so she'll only have it on for one holiday we suppose.</b></span><br />
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<br />Chuck and Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06936415238428141949noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146086682080795563.post-5277737444604757882013-11-20T13:54:00.001-06:002013-11-20T13:54:45.262-06:00Gwendolyn on her way to the O.R.<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4uf8NS-6JeUrSnR3L2c7CA1EDGVnOS1xaKWWIz5PIBkrH_9kBclHHzKrtY2WJLzrLkRaNKrYYclOEHKl-QXWOVuUMI1ft8QGB7gM_L8ZQNhGYVHSsUoM8vy2d1eCrSCDO-6gT6q16D2P/s1600/photo-785263.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4uf8NS-6JeUrSnR3L2c7CA1EDGVnOS1xaKWWIz5PIBkrH_9kBclHHzKrtY2WJLzrLkRaNKrYYclOEHKl-QXWOVuUMI1ft8QGB7gM_L8ZQNhGYVHSsUoM8vy2d1eCrSCDO-6gT6q16D2P/s320/photo-785263.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948432148557224770" /></a></p>Chuck and Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06936415238428141949noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146086682080795563.post-3733008152994444252013-11-20T13:52:00.000-06:002013-11-20T14:01:33.821-06:00A Status Report on Gwendolyn<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sorry for the lack of notice on this but Heather and I wanted to share an update on Gwendolyn. She is going in for an out-patient procedure this afternoon.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />She needs to have her Achilles lengthened as her right foot has tightened to the point that it is pretty rigid and nearly transfixed in a type of ballerina toe-tap.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />By snipping the Achilles, it will give Gwendolyn 10-15% more range in her foot, thereby allowing her to stand more flat footed and assist with her mobility while in her braces.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />After the procedure, she will have a cast placed on for a majority of the length of her leg above her knee. They will also insert a pin through her foot in a perpendicular manner to eliminate the cast from slipping. Gwendolyn has requested "Chiefs red" as her cast color... Smart girl!!!<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />;)<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />The cast will remain on for approximately a month. She should be able to crawl once it's on but, other than that, she'll still be wheel chair bound until the cast is removed and she gets her new braces.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This procedure was initially planned for next Wed. but they had a last-minute opening and we thought it would be better not to try it the day before Thanksgiving if we didn't need to.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />I would have posted this update in the morning but (Murphy's Law) Heather's car died on her way to drop off Shea and Braelyn at day car... So, we got to deal with that also. (When it rains...)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">They are about to take Gwendolyn to the O.R. shortly so hopefully she won't be in too long!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Anyway, we'll update you all but anticipate (and pray for) a drama-less procedure.</span>Chuck and Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06936415238428141949noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146086682080795563.post-59890812156367416382013-11-10T20:15:00.000-06:002013-11-10T20:15:22.737-06:00Pelé She's Not<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><u><strong>***Warning... Please use extreme caution while reading... This post is dripping with sarcasm and was composed by one of the least athletic individuals known to man!!!***</strong></u></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So, as I intimated in my last entry, Braelyn mercifully played her final soccer game of the year this weekend. Let's just say that she wasn't a fan of the whole experience. Our daughter was the one that spent most of the game crying for mom and dad. Her favorite complaints used during the year to get out of playing centered on the fact that her legs hurt when she runs followed closely by the fact that she misses us too much to play out on the field and (truly one of my personal favorites) but nobody gives me the ball.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Obviously, this is was an experiment gone awry, but it was also a lesson learned (for the adults that is)... Maybe the old adage that they're never too young to give something new a try is just crazy talk. Or (more likely) maybe the whole debacle already helped to enlighten mom and dad both that perhaps Braelyn has a higher likelihood of obtaining a college scholarship in the arts as opposed to on an athletic field.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Regardless, I thought I'd share some of our favorite photos of the season if for no other reason then you won't see anything resembling this again anytime soon.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: small;">One of Braelyn's best soccer moments... Playing goalie (Yep, they actually kicked the ball to her that game so all was good... At least until the of the period when she wanted to go because she was hungry!)</span></em></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><em>Two things that were rarely together this season... Braelyn & the soccer ball (followed closely by Braelyn with a smile on her face while on the soccer field!</em></strong></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><em>I honestly believe that this conversation between Braelyn and her coach entailed our child explaining that she couldn't play that day because her ears were too cold... And yes, this is during the game on the field itself... Good times!!!</em></strong></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><em>And finally, this is dad's favorite shot of the year. That's Braelyn picking grass while her team and the opponents are off to the right... You know, playing a game of soccer! (and they said four was too young to start her in sports.)</em></strong></span></td></tr>
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Chuck and Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06936415238428141949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146086682080795563.post-9644239429440991922013-11-09T07:38:00.002-06:002013-11-09T07:41:39.519-06:00Halloween Giggles<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Wow... We're so glad to hear that there are still folks interested in our girls. After that last post it looks like the traffic on the site spiked at about 80 views and the five comments we had were more than we've had in quite some time so I'd certainly say that people are still reading in spite of the gaps we've had over the past year.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So, as promised, here's an updated:</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The biggest goings on since my last post was of course Halloween. We had quite the triumvirate dressed to impress that night.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I don't think Baby Shea still knows what to think about that lady bug hoodie that was on her head!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We spent the witching hour at Grammy's along with the twin's cousins. It was fun to walk around the old neighborhood for a while (especially since the girls were content heading back after 45 mins. or so). While there are some expectations, a lot of the houses there have minimal to no steps, which is a plus when trick-or-treating with a kiddo in a wheel chair. Still, Braelyn did an awesome job of asking for a candy for her sister "GiGi" when we went to houses that had a large amount of steps. Shea decided to sleep off her first Halloween on Grammy's floor (until the girls returned hopped up on candy running amok that is).</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Today is Braelyn's final day of youth soccer... In fact, given her extreme lack of interest and disgust (unfortunately, not too strong of a descriptor) thus far for going out and actually playing, it might be her final game for a long time.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Gwendolyn is readying for a Achilles surgery a little later this month (we'll get into that a little later but it's going to happen the day before Thanksgiving and she'll be a cast for about a month after that). Still, she's been strengthening that leg by walking in smaller intervals with her walker and her leg brace only on her right foot as her left is the one that will be corrected.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Well, that's your Castellano update for now... Talk to you soon.</span>Chuck and Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06936415238428141949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146086682080795563.post-89762318661160267612013-10-25T16:21:00.001-05:002013-11-10T20:16:53.309-06:00The Delinquent Daddy Returns<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So, here's the deal. After a long, long hiatus, Daddy is coming back to the blog.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Firstly and foremost, I want to thank Mommy for taking the time to try and at least post pictures every few months.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">With that being said, I had to step away from the blog for a while to refocus on things. (Perhaps running ones self over with their car repositions their previous perspective... I don't know)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">However, my goal is to try and get back to providing updates on my favorite topic... Our three girls.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Quite honestly, I'm not even sure people out there still look at this blog... It's kind of like after a few months of refreshing and refreshing the page hoping a new photo will pop up, I can see how one might just give up.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So, assuming any of you out there are still following the blog, if you can throw out a comment on a post from time to time I'll know what it's worth continuing.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Also, I honestly don't know that I'll be able to update this twice a week like I did previously.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">However, what I can promise is that, assuming people are out there interested in following along, I will provide updates quicker than four times a year.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I hope so.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">On to the important stuff.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The most important goings on since Mom was able to post last is that the twins turned four and Baby Shea (poor kid is probably going to be Baby Shea all her life!) got Baptized.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">How can we be sure?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And here is Baby Shea in all her Baptismal glory. (have I mentioned what a smile-filled kid she is?)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Mom and I say it all the time... We don't know how but by George we make some cute kiddos.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Anyway, since Shea is the one that has really been neglected on this blog (mainly because she hasn't been around as long as the twins) I figured I'd close with a couple of other shots of our youngest that I just LOVE.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And this is our girl getting in the Halloween spirit.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: purple; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Not sure if she will officially dress up for the occasion (I'm sure she will if Mommy has anything to say about it) but I can guarantee that she'll be wearing more than a diaper, pumpkin hat and bib outside that night.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Well, it's good to be back at it again... Thanks for caring about our family as you have!!!</span>Chuck and Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06936415238428141949noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146086682080795563.post-39472103176841961862013-07-15T17:46:00.002-05:002013-07-23T14:47:26.137-05:00The past 3 months....in pictures!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, obviously it's been a loooong time since we posted last. It's no exaggeration when I say that the past 3 months have been some of the craziest of our lives. So in order to get a quick blog post out there I simply uploaded a bunch of pictures that I've been holding onto for awhile. It's kind of a random mix of pictures and they are in no particular order. Here is kind of a run down of what is included. :)</div>
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1. Last day of school<br />
2. Mother's Day<br />
3. We sold our house!<br />
4. We lived with my mom for almost 3 weeks<br />
5. Chuck's accident where he broke his collar bone and a rib. He had surgery to fix his collar bone.<br />
6. We bought a new house!!<br />
7. Vacation to St. Louis<br />
8. All of the randomness that happened in between.<br />
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I also apologize for the graininess of some of the photos. I have no idea why they came out like that on here this time.<br />
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My mom had helped me set up the bookshelf in the girls' room. I couldn't find Braelyn for awhile one day and finally located her here, doing this. She loves books!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gwendolyn on the 4th of July. She started out scared to death, but really ended up enjoying herself. She was very proud to overcome her fears. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Braelyn has been refusing to take a nap lately so she couldn't quite stay awake for fireworks on the 4th. Somehow she slept through them all! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No, she did not actually sleep this way. But she looked so cute! Vacation can wear a baby out!</td></tr>
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<br />Chuck and Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06936415238428141949noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146086682080795563.post-62854883207528851262013-04-22T19:15:00.004-05:002013-04-22T19:15:56.144-05:00Introducing...Shea Frances CastellanoShea Frances Castellano<br />
Born: 12:34 p.m, April 17th, 2013<br />
7lbs. 4 oz. 19 1/2 inches long<br />
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She's finally here!<br />
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The Before Picture ==39 weeks</div>
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The After===Our beautiful baby girl!!</div>
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The girls were very excited to finally bring their sister home. </div>
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This morning Gwendolyn was trying to rock Shea in the swing, while Braelyn was reading books to her.</div>
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Daddy loves his newest baby girl!!</div>
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We are thrilled beyond belief to have our family of 5 at home together at last. Shea is an extremely good baby. She only wakes up a few times a night. I forget how much newborns sleep during the day too! The twins are so extremely excited to have their little sister finally out of Mommy's belly. They have adjusted extremely well so far. </div>
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Chuck and Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06936415238428141949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146086682080795563.post-74875308989481792592013-04-17T09:09:00.001-05:002013-04-17T09:09:44.582-05:00Newest Castellano Will Be Arriving Today!!!Prayers are appreciated as Heather goes in for her c-section at noon today. We are praying for a safe and uneventful delivery. And also that Braelyn and Gwendolyn adjust well to our new family of 5!!! :)<br />
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I truly can't believe that it's April already tomorrow! We've been counting down the months until April knowing that would be the month that our next miracle will be brought into this world. My c-section is scheduled for April 17th. Only 2 1/2 weeks away!!!! Now I'm not so sure we are ready. :) Lots of changes coming our way. But we couldn't be more excited. The room is pretty much ready. And most would think that we have tons of girl's clothes...which we do! But unfortunately, most are from the wrong season. Who would have thought about that, huh? :) Most of the girls' infant clothes are Winter, and we really needed Spring/Summer clothes for the new baby. So, I have spent some time consignment shopping lately. (one of my favorite things to do actually) :) I've done pretty well, so hopefully we are ready for at least a few months!</div>
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This is the only toy that Gwendolyn loves. And let me tell you, she LOVES it! She got it for Christmas this year and calls it her "Princess Baby". She hugs it and feeds it and pushes it in a stroller. But at night......Princess Baby MUST go in the closet. Gwendolyn is quirky with her bedtime routine. She does not allow anything out of the ordinary to be in her view when she goes to sleep. All clothes must be off the dresser, no toys left on the floor, and Princess Baby needs to be safely stowed in the closet. We don't ask questions. :)</div>
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Gwendolyn wanted me to write Daddy's name on the paper so she could trace it. She's been really into tracing lately. </div>
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This was me a week or so ago. The girls are extremely excited for the baby!!!</div>
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I am SO proud of this picture!! Braelyn was sitting at the table drawing and coloring one day and she said, "Look Mommy! I drawed an egg and writed your name!" And I'll be darned...she did!!! She has asked me how to spell Mom for awhile now, but this is the first time that she wrote it all by herself. She has been writing it on everything lately and I couldn't be happier! Love that girl.</div>
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One of the many moments that the girls just asked me to take their picture. </div>
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Coloring Easter eggs!!</div>
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This is how we started our Saturday morning. Love my life!!</div>
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We spent some time at the horse barn on Saturday signing Gwendolyn up for her horseback riding again. Braelyn gets to join her again this year too. They are very excited to see their horses again.</div>
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Poor Gwendolyn was a bit apprehensive about getting on the horses again. Daddy was a good sport and aloud her to sit on his shoulders to let her warm up to the idea again. She eventually sat on the horse, but just for a little bit. </div>
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The girls were rewarded with ice cream afterwards. But maybe just because I was in the mood for some ice cream. :)</div>
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This was just a funny Gwenner moment. I was asking her to come over to me so that I could change her pants, but she just kept saying, "Just a minute Mommy! I want to see this real quick!" As you can see, it was the weather report. Sure kid, not too convincing my friend. :)</div>
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Easter baskets that the Easter bunny brought. Gwendolyn wasn't too excited about the Easter Bunny being in her house over night. Not a fan. </div>
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Gwendolyn is obsessed with Barney at the moment. I have learned that Barney stuff isn't that easy to come by anymore! It's a bummer. But, I did manage to score this book at a consignment sale and the Easter Bunny brought it to her this morning. :) So keep your eyes out for anything Barney related and I will totally buy it from you. :)</div>
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Easter morning breakfast. </div>
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What a week! We've had over 20 inches of snow this week so I have been out of school since Tuesday. We just got word that school is cancelled again for tomorrow (Friday) too. That's one of the bad, or good things depending on how you look at it, :) about working at a small district school. There are country roads that aren't safe for buses quite yet. Gwendolyn was out of school most of the week too, but did go back today. It was kind of nice because I was able to take her and pick her up. I never get to do that so it was kind of a treat for us. Braelyn and I then were able to spend the morning together, just the two of us. We never get that opportunity. I actually do that more with Gwendolyn because I take her to appointments and things so we are able to spend one-on-one time together more often. </div>
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Braelyn and I didn't do anything too special, but ran a few errands. One included going to Kohls to see if we could find something that Daddy was looking for. She had a great time. She wanted to try on all of the high-heel shoes so I let her. It WAS a girls day after all, right? ;) She did find some purple sparkley shoes that were her size I let her get. After we paid and were walking out the door to the parking lot, I turned around because she was walking behind me and she had a big green crocodile in her hands with a big ol' smile on her face to match. We were already in the parking lot and I did NOT pay for this crocodile. So, we had to go back in and pay for it. I believe this was our first little experience with shoplifting. ;) We had to have the little talk about asking Mommy if we can have something from a store. When the clerk asked her what she was naming her new crocodile friend she didn't even hesitate and said she was naming him "Scared". ;) That girl cracks me up.</div>
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The girls love lounging in what they call "Baby Shea's Room". All that's in it is her changing table and her dresser. But there is still our old tv in there also from when it was the guest room, so they ask to watch their Veggie Tales in Baby Shea's room quite a bit. </div>
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I shared a sleeping Gwendolyn picture last time, so thought it was only fair to share my other sleeping angel's picture. Braelyn has started a new sleeping ritual the past couple of weeks. She insists on sleeping only in her panties. She always says her back is hot. So...this is how we always find her in the morning or after nap. She also absolutely needs her pink blankie, and about 6 of her favorite animals. They include (in no particular order), a pink unicorn, a white unicorn, a white sheep, a pink bunny, a ladybug pillow pet, and her MUST have Hello Kitty Build a Bear. I have to line them all up next to her at night and look out if any of them fall off the bed in the middle of the night. There will be crying at 2 a.m. It's happened......</div>
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One view of the snow we got. This was actually after our first snow. We have gotten more since then. :/</div>
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One of the shoe choices from our girls morning out at Kohls. At least she picked a pair that matched her dress!!!</div>
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And here is the crocodile that almost landed us in "Kohls Jail". She loves her "Scared". </div>
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You would think an Iowa girl would have boots, snow pants and proper sleds for her girls huh? Well, in my defense, it really doesn't snow that much here! And if it does, it melts so quickly that we really wouldn't get much use out of them. But I AM resourceful! And luckily I have a child that will fit in a diaper box. And for the record....the diaper box worked perfectly as a sled. </div>
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Our very first snowman. They named him "Frosting". </div>
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We have been promising the girls that they could go to Chuck E. Cheese again soon. So, we used it as a sort of bribery last week. Daddy had to go out of town for a few days so we told the girls that if they were good for Mommy all week we would take them to Chuck E. Cheese when Daddy came home. They really were pretty good so we spent a Sunday afternoon enjoying all that is Chuck E. Cheese. :) I wasn't feeling well the first time they were able to go so I was very excited to watch them play this weekend. Apparently last time (in August), Gwendolyn wouldn't really play any games, or ride any little rides or anything. Chuck would try and convince her but she would have no part in it. Well, this time she was loving life! It just goes to show you how much she has matured the past few months. There were times I had to chase after her because she was trying to go off on her own. It was a proud moment to watch. </div>
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<br />Chuck and Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06936415238428141949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146086682080795563.post-62837131786928376922013-02-17T17:42:00.000-06:002013-02-17T20:31:12.702-06:00My Sweet ValentinesThe girls were very excited for Valentines Day this year. I really don't think they had any idea what it was, but Braelyn was just excited there was a "holiday" coming up. THAT she knew. She kept asking if she was getting a "holiday treat". I took the girls to Walgreens one night last week to pick out their Valentine cards, and to pick out a gift for their Daddy. I have to admit that this was the first time I took the girls anywhere by myself and allowed Gwendolyn to walk with her walker. Usually when we go anywhere without Daddy, I put both girls in a cart. It just made me feel better....and safer. ;) Well, I figured Walgreens is small enough that I should be able to contain them and Gwendolyn should be comfortable walking that far. I of coarse prepped them like crazy before we went in and they did really, really well. (With one minor exception of Gwendolyn's obsession with the gift card display.) I'm sure we were quite the spectacle with me and my over-sized belly, and my two 3 year olds toddling next to me. (or ahead of me, as the case was some of the time) ;) Letting them pick out their own Valentine cards was an interesting experience. It went nothing like I thought it would. I would have bet big money that we were going to walk out of there with Hello Kitty, Dora, or Princess cards. But instead, Braelyn chose Chuggington and Gwendolyn chose Madagascar. ?????? Weird to say the least. But I couldn't talk them out of their choices, so that's what we went with. I also let them choose Daddy's Valentines gift. I tried to give them the speech that we were buying something they thought Daddy would like, not what they would like, but Braelyn chose a stuffed dog and Gwendolyn chose a Mickey Mouse cup and a doggy snow globe. Good times. :)<br />
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We surprised the girls that morning with a few small Valentine gifts. Their favorite by far was the big red heart balloons. They have had more fun with those than anything else. Lesson learned. $0.99 well spent.<br />
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It seems Gwendolyn had a few Valentines of her own at school this week! Her teacher told me that now there are THREE boys vying for her attention. They are rushing to be the one to pull out her chair and get her crutches or walker. I told her if she sticks with the boys that pull out her chair for her she's good to go. Gotta teach her early how a lady should be treated right?? ;)<br />
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Gwendolyn also had a stellar performance at PT this week. My mom is wonderful enough to drive to our children's hospital every other week so that Gwendolyn can get some decent PT. She's always been extremely quiet with the therapist even though we've been going to him for almost 2 years now. If you remember her swim therapy that she takes during the summer months, it's the same therapist she still sees. He's wonderful, but Gwen is her typical quiet around strangers self and refuses to talk to him. Apparently she opened up a bit on Friday. She also worked SO hard and was so cooperative with him that he gave her a medal for all of her hard work. She was very proud of this medal and we have really tried to make a big deal about it.<br />
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Braelyn is getting more and more curious about Baby Shea coming. We've had a few long conversations about it lately. She wants to know what Shea will eat, and how she can kiss her, and play with her. It's adorable to listen to and I'm very glad she's excited about the new addition. I know it's a long time for her to wait for something. Hopefully she will still be this excited with a crying little sister in the house!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">P.S. Can I throw out a prayer request? We have recently put our house on the market and really, really, really would like it to sell before Baby Shea comes in April. We are in need of a house that is a bit more accessible to Gwendolyn. I hate the fact that she has to crawl, or be carried, up and down the stairs to get in or out of the house. It's just not fair for her. She deserves better than that. Adding a third child to the family, it would also be very nice to have a bit more room for our growing family. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> I know it's a long shot, but it only takes one person interested enough to buy right? It's tough having to keep the house all tidied up every morning in hopes of someone coming to look at it. Especially with two three year olds living here. :) I can only imagine what it will be like with a newborn here as well. So, any prayers for a quick sale would be GREATLY appreciated!! :)</span><br />
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<br />Chuck and Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06936415238428141949noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146086682080795563.post-73433344212906953322013-02-03T08:52:00.001-06:002013-02-03T10:22:38.203-06:00No Excuses...Just No Blogging Either. :)One of my fellow SB mom friends posted on Facebook recently that she noticed those of us with children in the three year old range haven't been blogging as much lately. (Kimberly Dill) :) I wonder why that is? Other SB moms kind of weighed in with our opinions. One obvious reason is just time in general. Three year olds keep you busy! Yes, they are a bit more independent than a one year old, or a two year old, but with that becomes..... well......INDEPENDENCE! Which means I have to actually watch them more closely! They used to just pretty much stay in one room by me. But now they go downstairs by themselves, they put movies in the DVD player by themselves, they go potty by themselves, they flush random things down the toilet by themselves, they get snacks from the cupboard by themselves, they climb on couches, chairs, counters, railings.....by themselves! So as you can see life with two 3 year olds is pretty interesting.<br />
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Another opinion that came out from the Facebook post was that when our children were born with SB we were scared, we were confused, we needed support. Well, yes we still need support. But our lives with our children have just become our "normal". Especially when it comes to our Gwendolyn. If you have been following us from the beginning you know that our girl had a rough start! She had SO much going on. We had a lot to talk about. Well, now our days have pretty much (by the Grace of God) leveled out to "our" normal. I guess when either of us have thought about updating our blog with what's going on we've kind of thought to ourselves, "Would anyone be interested in our daily lives anymore? Does anyone care to hear about it?" Well, we've heard from several of you. You ARE! You do still care about our somewhat mundane lives. :) I guess if nothing else, you at least want to see pictures of our beautiful girls! :) So, we apologize for not updating much lately. We will try harder to keep you posted on all of us.<br />
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One bit of excitement is that we have only a few more months until we welcome our third baby girl to this quirky family! We have decided to name her Shea. We had thought that we had also chosen a middle name. One that I picked out and loved. We even shared it with family. But, we have since decided that because Braelyn and Gwendolyn both have middle names that reflected one of our families in some way, it was only fair to give the same to Baby Shea. I think we have now decided on the middle name, but are probably going to wait until she's born to make the final decision and reveal it to everyone. The girls are extremely excited to finally meet Baby Shea. They talk about her daily. They hug and kiss my belly and tell me how much they love Baby Shea. Not sure that they are aware yet what they are wishing for, but hopefully they will still love Shea as much when she gets here and takes up a lot of Mommy and Daddy's attention.<br />
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Things with Braelyn have been pretty much the same. She is so darn creative and smart. She has invented a dance that she has named "The Macaroni Dance". It's a family favorite to watch. I will see if I can get some video sometime to share. She (speaking of independence) now insists on reading her and her sister's bedtime story. She is very fluent in reading the classic <u>Brown Bear Brown Bear, What Do You See?</u> She enjoys going to her new daycare where "her people" are. She is able to play with her cousin Lindsay there and has made several other friends as well. I think she is going to be our outside loving girl though. Every day when we pull in the garage at the end of the day and she sees some of her outside toys she asks if we can play outside. I keep telling her we can when it gets warm again. The other day I think she had gotten frustrated with that response and she said, "Mommy, when I am in college will it be warm outside finally?" I of coarse told her that it depends on if she goes to college where Mommy did in Iowa, or where Daddy did in Florida. (I'm thinking she will lean more towards Florida weather, so watch out Nana) :) I have no idea how she comes up with this stuff.<br />
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Gwendolyn has been doing pretty great as well. She also goes to preschool at our local Early Childhood Center which she LOVES. She adores her teacher, Miss. Loretta. She even gets to ride the bus from her Grammies house which she is now a fan of as well. One day last week Gwendolyn was sitting next to me and she said, "Mommy, know what I have at school? .........a friend!" Makes me tear up just typing that. She is still extremely shy around strangers. And has proven to still be extremely shy at school even though she's been there for a little over 3 months. But it makes my heart swell to think that she feels like she now has her own friend. I was not able to get a name for this friend from her, but I did get an email from her teacher that said there is a boy at school that has taken a certain interest in her well-being. He apparently gets her walker and her crutches for her. He also takes every chance he gets to sit next to her. I guess she hasn't warmed up to him enough to talk with him yet, but she does smile at him from across the room. So, we are thinking that the feeling between the two must be somewhat mutual. ;)<br />
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Gwendolyn also went through her third sleep study last month. This was just a follow up from our previous studies that had horrible results.We were absolutely dreading this test. We hate them and Gwen hates them. But it was a bit easier this time because we were able to explain things to her a bit and prepare her to be wrapped up in monitors and bandages. And we are so very grateful to sat that this test went WAY better than the previous two. The results came back and she went from having over 30 apnea spells an hour, down to less than 6 an hour. That's a HUGE difference! So the doctor said we are finished with sleep concerns. If nothing else pops up as a concern we have graduated from the Sleep Clinic. Yay!!!<br />
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Gwendolyn is also getting around on her own pretty good lately. She wants to walk more which we have been overjoyed to see. She can practically run in her walker and feels extremely confident with it. Now we are just trying to get her to feel as comfortable with her forearm crutches. She walks well with them, but is obviously much slower, which just doesn't satisfy her one bit! :) She has had a little issue with her right leg as of late. It's been getting in some awkward positions when she walks. Her Children's Mercy PT has thankfully been very good with her as we don't hear much (or anything) from her PT sessions at school. He's very proactive with her and notices things I may not notice in our everyday. I had noticed that her knee was jutting out a bit when she walked and he brought it up to me as well. I noticed over the past couple weeks that it was getting much worse so I took her in yesterday to have it looked at. She ended up having an x-ray when thankfully turned out normal for both her knee and hip which is what we were most worried about. Unfortunately, the x-rays do not show tendons. So this is where we think her problems lie. As of now, they tweaked her braces a little bit to try and bring her foot in. It has helped a bit but we are continuing to keep an eye on the situation.<br />
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Well, because we had some catching up to do, some of these pictures are from Christmas. Hope you don't mind. :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was actually a hand-me-down easel from a friend of mine. We saved giving it to them until they got a little bit bigger. Santa brought it for Christmas and both girls have loved it. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of our fellow SB friends was featured on the cover of Parents magazine! It was awesome because the issue was not about special needs, or Spina Bifida, it was just an adorable picture of an adorable little girl. </td></tr>
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Well, obviously we were WAY overdue for an update. Halloween pictures definitely should not be the last pics up here. :)<br />
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There hasn't been too much new going on around here. Last I updated though Gwendolyn was set to start her serial casting, put on one cast and it came off. Well, we took her back to see what they said. They were a little worried that the same thing would happen just because her feet are so small. But, they thought they would try to put on another one, only this time not put so much padding into it. He was concerned with Gwendolyn and her lack of sensation and possible skin breakdown but went ahead and tried again. It worked! All in all she ended up with 3 weeks of casting and 3 different casts. (4 if you count the one she took off) ;) But the PT was very satisfied with the results so we stopped at 3 weeks. She has much more range of motion because of the stretching that the casts did, so for now we have no plans of any surgery in the near future. Yay!!<br />
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At SB clinic a while back they also told that she was in need of bigger carbon fiber braces since she had almost outgrown the ones she had. These are the pink braces that come up to her knees. They are meant to react with her step and help to kind of "push her off" as she steps. Her old ones were not hitting her right below the knee anymore so they were not doing everything that they could do. They also wanted a little bit more support from her SMO's, which are the small ankle braces that she wears. I was actually happy to hear that they were recommending this. I felt that she was in need of newer braces for awhile now. We got very lucky with the doctor that we spoke with at clinic. She really took a long time with Gwendolyn, watched her walk, and listened to our concerns. They were able to see that she was crouching quite a bit while she stood and walked.<br />
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We finally got the new braces the day before Thanksgiving. However we had to wait a few weeks to use them because we also needed to order her new shoes as she obviously did not fit into her old ones any more. And besides that they were really getting beat up. Gwenner is pretty hard on shoes. She prefers to crawl places which really wears out the toe of her shoes, and squeezing all of the brace apparatis into a shoe is pretty hard on shoes too. We usually have to spend a bit more on her shoes than we do Braelyn's so that they hold up longer. The orthotics guy recommended a certain type of shoe that was really meant to fit around braces. There were two problems I saw with these shoes. They are very expensive, and I was not in love with the way they look. So I did a bit of research and found her some NB Extra Wide shoes that have worked wonderfully! Extra wide is definitely the way to go. She loves her new braces and shoes and has asked to walk more than ever! She usually prefers to crawl around the house, but all day Saturday she insisted on walking with her walker everywhere. I could really tell how much straighter she was standing. Now if only we could get her to use her crutches more! THAT is my next mission.<br />
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Braelyn has been holding her own as usual. She has really been impressing us with some of the sings she says and asks about. She also is really in to drawing people lately. Drawing Daddy is her usual favorite, but she takes a turn drawing each family member, or "her people" as she likes to say. Then she tells us how much she loves "her people". She has really latched on to this new baby in the family thing also. She will tell us how she will have a baby in her belly tomorrow. Really anytime in the future is her "tomorrow" so it cracks us up.<br />
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We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are looking forward to the Christmas season. The girls are starting to get excited. Gwendolyn is still pretty unsure about the Santa guy. She went from yes, she will sit on his lap, to I will see him as long as he doesn't touch me, to I don't want him to look at me. Yep, she's all over the board. So we will see how it goes. Braelyn seems ok with things for now. She's ready to talk to the big guy. We will probably go visit him in the next couple weeks and then again at Daddy's work party closer to Christmas.<br />
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We got Gwen's school pictures back! Her teacher must have pulled some sort of miracle to get her to smile that big for a picture. </div>
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Well, we figured it was about time to update again. Things have been going pretty well around here. The girls really enjoyed Halloween this year. They made lots of Halloween crafts at school and were very excited to go "Tick or Teating". Gwendolyn even got to practice at school. And Daddy of coarse practiced a lot with both of them before we went. We started out eating some dinner at Grammies, and then went to a few houses around our neighborhood. The girls did great. They said thank you and everything. :) Their new daycare also wanted them to stop by there so we drove over and hit a few houses in her neighborhood too. All was good until we went to a house that was really decorated with mummies and skeletons. Braelyn was pretty ok with it and Gwendolyn did surprisingly well too until one of the skeletons started talking. Then it was a completely different story. Sister was not a fan. She was sitting on Daddy's shoulders and I thought she was going to squeeze the life out of him she was so scared. It passed quickly though once we left their porch and we ended the evening with their cousins back at Grammie's. </div>
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You can see also that the girls helped me carve up the pumpkin this year. Well, they helped me clean it out anyway. They wanted a Dora pumpkin and I tried to use one of those stencil thingys, but it just didn't work out at all. So, I turned that little pumpkin around to the other side and cut some basic triangle eyes, a nose, and a mouth thinking I had failed and the girls were going to be so disappointed with this "traditional" looking pumpkin. But when I showed them, Braelyn screamed, "It's Dora!!". To which I replied, "Yep, did that all for you girls." ;) Kids are fun.</div>
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The girls went as "Best Friends" for Halloween. I think they pulled it off quite nicely don't you? </div>
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Trick or Treating in our wagon.</div>
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The girls with their cousins. (Enjoying some suckers of coarse)</div>
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This was how I found them sleeping the next morning. They were so tired from being up late. It was very hard for me to wake them up. I thought it was adorable how they were sleeping in the exact same position. They are always sleeping right next to each other, but not usually in the same position. </div>
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This was a story all in itself. And not one I'm proud of either. :) Braelyn was sitting right next to us on the couch and said, "Mommy, how do I look?" I turned to look at her and this is what I found. :/ Yep....sitting RIGHT next to me!! Oh my...</div>
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Braelyn brought this little piece of art home from school the day before election day. I really laughed out loud when I saw it. I think any really good president would want to stay with their mommy and daddy and watch tv right?? This one's a keeper. :)</div>
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And that brings us to the update on Gwendolyn and her casts I mentioned in our last post. I took her to the hospital yesterday to have her cast put on. They did decide to go with only putting it on her right foot because her left foot is the other extreme. It's got TOO much range of motion. So, even though it may have helped her to have two casts to make her feel "even" when she walked with the casts on, it would have been very bad to have her stretched all the time on that side. She did really well with the entire process. She didn't complain a bit and actually walked pretty well with her little walking boot. So here is a picture of her cast when we got home yesterday. Notice the foot inside? </div>
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Well, this morning Gwendolyn was playing in the living room while we got ready and when we walked out guess what we found on the floor?..............</div>
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Notice the lack of foot inside? When asked what happened, Gwendolyn looked up and said, "I don't want to wear dat cast anymore, Mommy". Now obviously, a cast is NOT supposed to just come off. So we are not exactly sure what happened. I thought I had noticed it being a bit loose before it actually came off, but I still can't believe it just came off her leg all together. We have an appt. tomorrow morning to see what can be done about this. I'm nervous they are just going to say it won't work for her after all. Then I'm not sure what we will do. We are hoping that the issue is just that her feet are too small and we might have to wait a bit. Again, prayers appreciated for our little lady. :)</div>
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This was Braelyn's school picture she had taken before we had to take her out of preschool. We thought it turned out ADORABLE! </div>
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<br />Chuck and Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06936415238428141949noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146086682080795563.post-44931673194852000492012-10-21T16:50:00.000-05:002012-10-21T18:06:18.500-05:00All Sorts of Transitions...Change can be good right? Well, we've had quite a bit of change around here and I'm afraid it's not quite over yet. First of all our beloved Tracy who has been doing daycare for the girls for a little over 2 years had to leave us. So finding a new daycare situation that we liked as much was extremely difficult. I know most people don't like change, but I REALLY do not like change. And I was REALLY worried that my girls were not going to like change either. We did end up eventually finding something that has so far worked great. It is the same place that the girls' cousin Lindsay goes and it's still an in-home daycare, but there are a lot more kids there to play with. Which is great especially for Braelyn. That was the hardest part of this transition I think was the fact that we had to take Braelyn out of her preschool. She really like it there and we really liked it for her. She loved her teacher and her new friends so it was very hard to explain to a 3 year old that she couldn't go back. But we kept telling her that she would be going to Lindsay's school and she seemed ok with that for the time being. The new daycare also offers a preschool program three days a week so she is still getting some preschool. And Gwendolyn is still going to her school which she also loves! The biggest change for her now is that she has started riding the bus to school! She wasn't too thrilled about this the first day as you can see:<br />
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But, practice makes perfect and she has gotten a lot better at holding it together while getting on the bus in the morning. The bus then takes her after school to the new daycare where she spends her afternoons. She has transitioned pretty ok as well. The only problem thus far is that she hasn't started feeling comfortable enough to nap there yet. That can pose a problem come 5:00 at night when that sweet little girl can turn into quite the little grumpy pants!! But all in all, we are making it through this transition. One week in and we are still smiling and happy!<br />
Here's the girls at their new daycare with their cousin:<br />
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The other big thing Gwendolyn had to go through this week was her bi-annual SB clinic visit. I really wasn't too nervous for this one as we've done this every six months since she was born and really nothing huge has ever come from it. Well, this time ended up being just a little bit different. Still nothing huge I guess, but there will be something new that Gwendolyn will have to get used to again. First off we are going to try even harder to see what she can do potty training wise. It's always a wait and see with SB kids, but she's shown some promise in the area so we are just going to try harder. I think we need to give her more credit than we have been on what she is able to do. She's surprised us in so many ways already. She even asked her teacher at school to go potty and actually went (both) when she was taken.<br />
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But the biggest change Gwendolyn will have to endure will begin next month. For over two years now we have been told that her right side is really tight. She can't fully straighten out her knee, and her right ankle/foot will not go to a complete neutral (90 degree) position. She tends to walk up on her toes a lot. This can cause problems down the line with bracing and mobility. In fact we have already seen some issues with keeping her right shoe and brace on and we are pretty sure this is the cause.<br />
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At this clinic we were very fortunate to have an excellent PT and the actual director of the SB clinic visit us. They spent a very long time talking to us and each other, and really looking at her walk and the positions her feet would hold. They ended up suggesting that we do a set of serial castings for her over the next 4 weeks or so. This was a bit surprising but at the same time reassuring to me. So far we have always been told to just keep stretching her every day and if that didn't work they would need to do surgery to loosen her. Which we have also been told by others to avoid at all cost for as long as possible. Needless to say we have had mixed messages about this situation. So I was relieved to hear there was something non-surgical that could be done for her now and not just "wait" to see if the stretching helped her.<br />
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So what will happen is that we will take her the first week in November to get her first set of casts. We are still unsure if she will get casts on just her right leg, or also on her left leg. They are supposed to be walking casts so hopefully she will be able to still walk when she has the casts. (Not sure how she will tolerate that yet.) Then every week, for about four weeks after that she will be taken back for a new cast and the hope is that with this "24 hour" stretching she will be able to have some outpatient PT at the hospital to kind of teach her how to walk correctly again and we won't have to have the need for surgery. We would welcome any prayers for our girl during this process. I know she's not going to like it and my fear is she will become discouraged and not have the drive to walk like she has now. The whole thing is a risk but we are hoping we are making the right decision. Anything to avoid surgery. Because that could end up causing even more damage.<br />
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Here is a picture of Gwendolyn at clinic. She was an absolute trooper during this looooong day of doctor visits and poking and prodding.<br />
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We have had some fun the past few weeks as well! We've had birthday parties to go to and lots of sisterly love. Just today the girls were giving each other hugs while sitting on the floor and Gwendolyn said, "I love you sissy." And I heard Braelyn respond, "You are my bestest friend." Life is good.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daddy had a day off last week and decided to take them on a little field trip to meet the Jayhawk. I think by the look of this picture Gwendolyn will end up being our Hawkeye. :)</td></tr>
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Oh, one more thing. Ever since their birthday and Nana bought the girls a Veggie Tales movie, the girls love EVERYTHING Veggie Tales. We have since acquired 2 more more movies and 3 music cds which I have listened to each one atleast 5 times in the car. This short little video just shows a snipit of their excitement of all things Veggie Tales. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Chuck and Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06936415238428141949noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146086682080795563.post-65455281430764863802012-10-01T20:38:00.001-05:002012-10-02T20:52:16.611-05:00Finally....an update!<br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wow, so I knew it had been awhile since our last post, but really didn't realize the last one was back in August! So sorry! September was a crazy month. With getting into the real swing of things with school myself. And my birthday, and planning for the girl's birthday, and football season, it's been even busier than normal around here. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gwendolyn doesn't usually ask for much. She got a new doll from her Aunt Susan and Uncle Kyle, so I got her a little wheelchair that her doll will fit into. She really seemed to like it. She loves pushing her dolls around the house in things anyway, so she really liked that her dolls have a chair just like she uses sometimes. </span></div>
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In other news....Gwendolyn started preschool yesterday! Yes, I lost sleep over her going, yes I shed some tears of my own that morning. But, she was so excited to go! She actually did great! She cried a little bit when Grammie and Nana dropped her off, but it didn't last long. Her sweet teacher even emailed me some pictures of her in class. She said that Gwendolyn was timid and quiet and just took everything in, but she did it! And she did it without us. This was such a huge step in her confidence and independence. We were very excited that she did so well. That afternoon when asked how her day went she said, "I made friends, I like my teacher, I had fun!" That's my girl. :)</div>
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Chuck and Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06936415238428141949noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146086682080795563.post-61883715634561378652012-08-29T18:33:00.002-05:002012-08-29T20:50:35.005-05:00Brae's First Day!!Well, the time finally came. We sent our little "Peanut" Braelyn to preschool for the first time on Tuesday. I will never admit to losing sleep the night before because I was worried about her. (Ok, guess I just did admit to it) :) But this was a big step for her! She has been in an in-home daycare since she could remember. She's not used to a bunch of other kids, or a teacher. But she ended up doing great. No surprise right!?<br />
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It started with her little preschool's Open House last Thursday. She was all prepared with her school supplies and backpack. She was very excited to meet her teacher. She kept saying that she wanted to go to the "teacher's house". She's quite sure that the teacher lives there. She even talks about the playground at the teacher's house. The Open House went great. Gwendolyn went with us too and they were both in awe of the little sink in the classroom where they could both climb up on the stool and reach the faucet ALL by themselves. They thought this was the coolest thing ever! Here is a picture of Braelyn and her daddy at open house.<br />
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So after being there last Thursday and seeing all of the wonderful toys she would get to play with (not to mention the magical sink), Braelyn was raring to go on Tuesday when it was time to get up for school. I asked her when she woke up where she was going that day and she said, "See the teacher!!!!". I dressed Braelyn in her "first day of school" outfit, (yep, I'm THAT mom), and she looked so darn cute and grown up!</div>
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I then took her over to my mom's house as she is the one taking Braelyn to school on the days that she goes. We took lot's of pictures to commemorate the "big" day. Here are a few. Does she look ready?</div>
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My mom said she was a bit timid walking in, but did sit down at the table to color with the other kids. But when it was time to go sit on the carpet she wanted nothing to do with it. Apparently the teacher was really good with her though and carried her over to join the group. My mom, being the good, understanding, former teacher that she is, knew that was probably her cue to sneak out. Braelyn later told me that, "Grammy got lost from her". Your guess is as good as mine as how the rest of the day played out. I do know that she ate her sandwich and her grapes from her lunchbox, but not her goldfish crackers and little cookie. :)<br />
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Our wonderful Miss-Tracy picked Braelyn up from school. She said the teacher told her the only problem Braelyn had was panicking and being a bit overwhelmed with all of the kids on the playground. But, that seemed to pass quickly and all was fine. Miss-Tracy was awesome and called me at work so that I could talk to Braelyn about her day. The first things she said were, "My teacher is soooooooo nice and soooooooo pretty!" When I asked her what she did all day she said, "I read books and I go potty!!" ;) When asked what her favorite part of her day was she said, "the hippo". Who knows. ;) </div>
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So, Braelyn said she is definitely ready to go back on Thursday. Now we can't wait until Gwendolyn starts her new school the first of October! I'm SURE I won't lose any sleep the night before right? </div>
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One of the other goings-on over here at the Castellano house was the celebration of Daddy's birthday. We celebrated over at Grammy's house with cake. When I asked Chuck what he wanted for his birthday he said that he just wanted to do something with the girls. (such a good daddy) So, I bought us all tickets to go and enjoy the Ringling Bros. circus as a family next month. Should be fun to watch the girls enjoy their first circus!</div>
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Chuck and Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06936415238428141949noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146086682080795563.post-79452850380385303352012-08-12T09:28:00.002-05:002012-08-12T09:28:53.317-05:00And It Only Gets Busier...I apologize that it's been awhile since we've checked in with everyone. It's been a busy time lately and I have been kind of down and out not feeling the best the past couple of weeks. And like our title of this blog states, things are about to get even busier!<br />
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Believe it or not Gwendolyn has her very first "Meet the Teacher" night tomorrow night, and Braelyn has hers next week. It is very surreal for me to be on this side of things. Usually <b>I am</b> the teacher preparing for parents and students. But this time <b>I am</b> the parent!! When did that go and happen? ;) We have been trying to prepare the girls for what's coming. I'm not really sure they quite grasp it yet. It's going to be an interesting transition. I start back to work tomorrow again (blah), so the girls will go back to their wonderful in-home daycare with their beloved Tracy. Then next week Braelyn will start her little preschool twice a week. Because her school is run by the school district, Gwendolyn won't actually be able to start school until their 3rd birthday in September. But we are still trying to talk it up to both of them and explain that they will be going to different schools, but will be back together in the afternoon. (in just enough time to nap) ;) Braelyn has voiced her displeasure with this several times already. She has told me that she wants to go to "Gi-Gi's" school. That is really the hard part, but we know that they will be in the best suited places for their individual needs. We really think it will be good for both of them in the long run. Braelyn tends to take over a bit for Gwen and we are hoping that being in her own learning environment, she will be able to really flourish on her own.<br />
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So, as you can see there are big changes a comin' to our household, but we are excited to see what this next phase brings us!<br />
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Here are just a few pictures from the past couple weeks. Enjoy! :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had to add this picture. I shared it on Facebook too because I thought it was so darn cute! Braelyn drew this all by herself at her "Grammy's" house. When she was all done she said, "It's Daddy!" She even pointed out the fact that she drew his glasses. We think it has a striking real resemblance to her daddy. ;)</td></tr>
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