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Thursday, February 18, 2010

A Winter Update

All is going awesome around the Winter household lately! We are all adjusting to having a new person living with us. So far, I have to say this has been the easiest adjustment of the three births (knock on wood!).

Esther turned 5 on Tuesday and is assuming a new role as a "big girl". She has been working harder at gymnastics and is eagerly awaiting to find out if she is going to be moving up to Level 3 at the beginning of the summer. She has another meet in Tampa on Saturday morning and I am excited to see how she does as she has really been improving lately.

Hannah is potty training again and we are finally having success! She goes pee-pee really well when we're at home (forget it when we're out!). The new trick to get her to go...peanut-butter M&M's. She loves them and will go about three times an hour if it means she'll get a few more treats. She has a pretty bad cold, but we are trying to get rid of it without having to go to the doctor.

Lydia is the definition of a perfect baby. She nurses well, has put herself on a 3 hour schedule, and sleeps like a teenager. She only gets up one time eat in the middle of the night and goes right back to sleep after. She is growing like a weed. She hasn't been tested again for her jaundice since we last got the word that she had gone down a little. I assume it's much better though because she doesn't look so orange anymore. I was calling her my "fake-bake".

On Tuesday, Josiah's JV basketball team lost in the quarter finals to Ocala Christian by only two points. I would be excited that the season is finally over, but it doesn't really matter because now it baseball time! No time for breaks around here! I can't believe that the school year is going to be over in just a few short months.

Our van is at the "doctor" (that's what we tell the girls) again. The internal computer is having to be replaced for the 5th time now. It is a bit frustrating but we are really thankful that Grandma Deb is out of town and can use her car til we get ours back. We have decided that it's about time to start looking for a new van as ours is falling apart. I am really excited at the possibly getting rid of my "happy-mobile" and moving on to something that doesn't bounce up and down the street.

I re-joined the gym last night and did my first Body Step class with my friends Sarah and Jill. I'm still not allowed to do the sit-ups and other Ab stuff yet, but it felt great to get back to class.

We are extremely blessed!!!

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