We recently went to Richmond to visit family. Chris and Teresa and their boys just moved there and we got to see their gorgeous home! Now all of the Harris boys live in Virginia. Yay!! We had such a wonderful time being together as a family. So excited for all of the cousins to grow up together💕

Sooo cute!! These little cutie pies are 2 weeks apart!!

So adorable! Love how Ellie (Jay's sweet dog) joined the picture!

Colby is most excited to tell cousin Grant all about the birdies outside!

 So precious!!

Miss Riley!! She is such a sweet pea! Such a happy baby💜

Two more cuties: Abigail and her cousin, Clark! They have the best time playing together!! 

Thanks for having us in Richmond!! We can't wait to come back down!!

Happy Birthday, Grandad!!

Happy Birthday, Grandad!! We hope you have the best day!! We can't wait to celebrate with you! We love you!!💙

Dinner at the Harris Household

Clothing optional😉

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

Sorry for baby no pants! We're still in the midst of potty training.😉

Special Time With Grandad

Grandad had a meeting in Baltimore today so he came and spend the night with us last night! So fun!! The kids waited by the door anxiously until he arrived. They didn't even want to move away from the door to have dinner in fear that they would miss Grandad's grand arrival😍 Sooo...they ate on the front steps instead! It was a quick visit, but a very fun visit! We loved having you, Grandad!

Potty Training Day 1

Colby has shown a lot of interest in going pee pee on the potty so we decided to give potty training a shot. We potty trained Abigail just after her second birthday so we thought maybe we'd try the same with Colby. Everyone has warned us that it is harder with boys. So far the first day has been much easier than it was with Abigail. No tears. Just lots of smiles. So far we've had 5+ pee pees and 2 accidents. We even made 2 quick trips out. One we remembered to put the diaper on him (and he was dry!) and the other we totally forgot!!😨 (Thankfully he was dry then too!!👍) Not quite sure if he gets it just yet but we'll see!!

Abigail made Colby a good luck note😍 It says Colby 💗 Abigail. Dear Colby, I hope you go pee pee. Love bunches. From Abigail. And then she drew him a beautiful picture. So stinking cute!!

Question of the Day

On the ride home from school, Abigail and I were talking about what she did that day. Every day they do a question of the day. That day's question was "What are you smaller than?" I asked Abigail what her answer was. She said she was smaller than Henry. So then I asked her what Mommy is smaller than. She said "Mommy is smaller than our house!" So I have that going for me...😕

Hearing Aids

About 6 months ago, we noticed Abigail had a hard time hearing. Abigail's teacher at school and other parents confirmed that they noticed it as well. So we took her to see her pediatrician. They did a hearing test and Abigail failed in both ears. They saw fluid behind one ear but they didn't know if there was anything else going on so they recommended we see an Otolaryngologist (fancy name for an ENT😉)

He confirmed that Abigail had fluid behind her ears. Originally it was just one ear and then she had fluid in both ears, which made it next to impossible for her to hear. Long story short, but they said if the fluid didn't drain in a few months we would need to put tubes in. We went in for our 4th appointment and low and behold the fluid was gone. They did a hearing test just to make sure everything was ok and they discovered that the hearing loss was not because of the fluid after all. Abigail has sensorineural hearing loss. They said she needed hearing aids in both ears.   

Abigail was pretty upset at first and then they told her that she got to pick out the colors of her hearing aids (all pink of course!) and that perked her up real quick! Abigail got her hearing aids a few weeks ago. I wish I would have videoed Abigail's reaction when they first put them on. It was precious❤

There were lots of tears immediately following but by the end of the night, Abigail was loving them! Abigail said she doesn't even know she has them on any more😍 We've immediately noticed a huge difference with them. It's been even more noticeable at school.

This whole process has been a little shocking. Colin and I thought it was just fluid like everyone else. And then just to complicate things a little bit more Abigail's cardiologist told us that there are heart arrhythmia conditions associated with hearing loss and because Abigail already has a heart defect it is possible that she has one of these conditions. They asked us to undergo genetic testing to see if she tests positive for any of these conditions. It's not quite as black and white as we were hoping, but we'll just wait and see what it shows. We met with the geneticist about a week ago and the test results take about 4-6 weeks.

We are so proud of Abigail and how well she has handled everything!! She is such a trooper! Abigail even did a show and tell with her class about her hearing aids. So cute!! Abigail even said that a few of her classmates want hearing aids now! They are pretty cool!!