Happy Mother's Day

Today was Mother's Day and boy, was it busy! We had church in the morning, went to lunch with Katie, and then spent the rest of the afternoon preparing food for dinner. Nathan's family and mine came over for a Mother's Day brunch (yes, I know it wasn't between breakfast and lunch, but we served brunch foods..maybe I should coin the phrase "linner" instead =). It was a lot of fun to have family over to visit and the food turned out great.

Emmy turned 11 weeks on Wed. and had her appt. with the ENT on Thursday. Even though she passed two hearing tests with her right ear, she has developed some sort of congestion in it. The dr. couldn't find fluid in either one of her ears, so tubes aren't an option. She gets fitted for hearing aids on Thursday, 5/17. I hate that she has to wear them, but can't wait to see how she reacts when she can "really" hear my voice. This must be the week for dr.'s appts. as we are traveling to the Down syndrome Clinic at Cincinnati Children's on Tuesday, 5/15. The appt. will take several hours, so Mom and Dad are taking Jacob and Ellie to the Cincy Zoo (across the street from the hospital), and then we'll meet them there when we are done.

Here are a few cute pics. from this week.

Emmy (a.k.a. Mini-Jake) at 11 weeks

Emmaline smiles at her big brother