Five on Friday | April Recap

Welp, April sure flew on by, huh?! We're keeping busy so I figured today was as good as any to recap the last month or so of life...

{ONE}

We celebrated Easter with my parents, which I now realized never made it to the blog. It was pretty low key - it was snowing after all - so we just did an egg hunt around the house for the girls and had my aunt and uncle in for dinner.

We got up early the next day for Baker's surgery for ear tubes and circumcision. He recovered quickly, is all healed up and he seems to be hearing better which makes me so happy. We're getting some good smiles and facial expressions as he learns to interact with us on that level. It's so fun to watch him experience these new sounds.

{TWO}

After a few weeks of weather delays, both girls finally started soccer! This is Gracyn's third year playing and she still loves it. Leighton got in on the action, too, with a little Mini + Me session that has parent involvement. Basically all of the 3 year olds run around for 5 minutes and then spend the rest of the practice asking for snacks and/or crying. Good times all around!

{THREE}

Baker had some follow-up appointments for his helmet. He continues to make progress in the right direction and we can definitely notice his head shape improving. The darned thing gets pretty stinky some days so I always look forward to taking it off and letting him air out a bit. We wash the helmet every night with his baby shampoo and wipe it down with rubbing alcohol. I'm still hoping he can graduate from it before we get too far into summer.

His early intervention therapist came by a few times in April to experiment some more with taping his abs and back with kinesiology tape to help "wake up" those muscles. In theory the tape is supposed to help make him more "aware" so those muscles become engaged and he starts using them to roll over and sit up. I don't know that we see a ton of difference when he's taped versus without it but it's definitely not hurting anything. He's making some good progress when it comes to holding steady in the sitting up position but still has no interest in rolling or becoming mobile!

{FOUR}

Sickness! We made it pretty much all winter without any major illnesses which I'm so thankful for but Baker caught a nasty virus last week and spent several days vomiting and having super gross diapers. Poor kid was not feeling well at all. He slept a lot and would wake up to eat only to start coughing/gagging/throwing up after each bottle and going through outfits like it was some sort of contest to see just how much laundry one person could do in a single day.

The girls didn't have it as bad but they were tired and not eating much so it made for a long week..

{FIVE}

We rallied, though, and went to Oklahoma last weekend to celebrate our niece's wedding. Gracyn and Leighton were flower girls and it was good to get down and see Justin's family. And bonus! We ended dup with a decent family pic!

And that was our April in a nutshell. May is here and so are these gigantic, wonderful smiles...

Happy Friday!