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He loves avocado. Nuff' said. 

Ah Shucks

That's a lot of ovulation strips. I'm obsessed. We used the month of June as an experiment with hopes that my body would ovulate and we would conceive on our own. That, however, did not happen.  We were both a little bummed. Maybe more than a little. It's super frustrating to me but I know this is how my body "works".

So, the plan is to wait until my cycle starts. Right now it's past due but I have mentally given myself an extended 7 days to see if it starts up. I really dislike the medicine that starts my cycle. It makes me feel horrible, moody, and completely not myself. After that I will call Dr. I and the get the ball running from there.

I know this, I had a baby off of Clomid once so we know that it is possible and possibility of another pregnancy off Clomid is high.

20 Months

Walker had his 18m well baby visit a little later than 18m. He celebrates his 20m birthday today and went for a visit.

Typically a visit goes something like this: Is Walker doing this? No. Can he do this? No. Can he say this? No. Today was different. Can Walker say 7-10 words? Yes! Is he walking? Yes! Does he know 2 different body parts? Yes! If you point to something across the room does he go and get it? Yes!

He weighs 23.11 pounds, 31 and some inches tall, and he finished up his Hep A vaccine and didn't even cry.

We had a great visit with the doctor. Dr. A thought Walker was doing wonderfully and is right on track with his peers that he decided it was time to take off DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS from his chart! Yippee! That is such a HUGE milestone! Walker is on the short side on the chart and in the middle for his weight.

I never knew what to expect on this ride with Walker. Yes, he has a cousin close in age but when they are little like this, a 6 month age difference is huge. It was hard to compare Walker to anyone because we didn't know anyone that was close in age. And we really don't like comparing Walker to anyone. He's very different. We knew that when all his peers were leaving the NICU and dropping machines and medicine and Walker was just "chilling" hanging out with all the pretty nurses and smart doctors.

Walker can say: Momma, Dada, Tie, Papa, Cracker, Uh-Oh, Bye-Bye, Go Outside, Ow (for when he get hurts), Yeah, Yay, Mmm, Hi and Hot. I think I got all of them in there.

Walker knows these body parts: hair, teeth, and toes.

Wordless Wednesday

"Can you move it like this? I can shake it like that!"

Stylin' and Profilin'

"The ants go marching one by one. Hoorah, hoorah."

Baby Cross Fit

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Seeing Great Grandpa Mo

Today we took the kids to go see Great Grandpa Mo. He's been in a rehab center close by but is moving all the way across town to the big city. The kids of course had a great time ransacking his room and really tearing the place up.

"Let's go!"

"C'mon guys, keep up!"

"Uh oh"

"I broke that!"

Time to give Adam his daily whoopin!

The kids with Grandpa Mo in the background. I promise they were happy.

That's a little better. Nothing like a threat to put a smile on the face!

See the kid rolling in the background? He's sick of pictures. 

Happy, happy, happy!

"Get over here, Walker"

Dog pile!

Look at that face!

Yeah....Look at Izzy's face!

Looks like Adam is getting Walker back. 

Let's go eat!

Cousins love.

It's pretty sad watching a person age. What's even sadder is the stress it has put on family relationships. Our immediate family will never be the same again. One person thinks they are right; the other thinks they know what's best; nobody wants to face the truth of what is happening here; one person is calling random people and involving them into personal situations.  Every one should have some plans in place for when they get too old to care for themselves. My brother has taken charge and said that he'll handle my parent's when they get to that age. He's driving them to Tijuana and dropping them off. How lucky are they?! Ha!

In all seriousness, I'm so happy that my sister and I have the type of relationship that we do. We are able to straight up tell each other what the truth is and not in a condescending way. We aren't afraid of each other and it's very rare that we get on each other's nerves.  We are very active in each other's lives and our children's. We take the roles as being an Aunt to our children very seriously. We both know that being an aunt is way more than just the title. It's about actions and being involved.