Dear Loyal Readers...

To our loyal readers (even if there are two, haha!),

After thinking about it and thinking about it, and pondering, and thinking some more, I've decided to take a little break from The Story of Fynn & Paige. Obviously, their stories are far from done, but this mama has been writing the same blog for two years, and I'm a little burned out.

I've been spending some time working on Trains, Tutus & Twizzlers, and hope you head over to check it out. It's a work in progress, I'm not sure I like the backgrounds, fonts, and such, but I like the feel. I know, it's still a blog. Don't ask me how or why, but it's different. It doesn't seem like as much work. There will still be pictures of the kids (and for those of you who check here just for the pictures, I'll figure something out... maybe another Picassa web album, since I've used up all the space on our current one) but not as many. Still stories about the kids, but not soley.

I'll probably come back here - but for now I need a break. We're in between a lot of things right now, and I want whatever I'm working on to be fun, and come from inspiration, and be creative, and yada yada yada ;)

Anyway - thank you for reading the stories of my kids, for looking at the pictures, and for leaving fabulous comments! See you over at the other site hopefully!

~Corinne

 

I scream...

you scream
we all scream


for ICE CREAM!!

It took over two and a half years, but Fynn is finally enjoying ice cream :)

 

 

 

Paige, of course, liked ice cream when she was in the womb... but that's alright!

 

Saturday Stroll

This morning we headed out before it got too hot, and found a nice reservation to walk around a few towns over...

Here's Fynn getting his pants pulled up. He had serious issues with his pants today. After this, he went for a quick run down the path, and with every step his pants dropped a little more... eventually ending up by his ankles!

 

 

 

And then it was finally time to let Paige run loose and for Lucas to go and get snacks :)

 

So happy together...

You can go here to check out the story of our playground adventure from today (and also to check out my new blog mostly dedicated to just writing... but more on that in another post!) Enjoy the pictures - they melt my heart how these two play with each other at times!

 

 

 

Check ups

Both kids had well visits this week with their pediatrician.

Fynn's was his overdue 2 1/2 year check up - he did great! He's a whopping 31.25lbs, and is at least 36 inches tall (he ducked when they measured, so probably a little taller...). The doctor things he's doing great in all aspects, even with his picky eating :) The appointment was pretty uneventful. It's nice to have one of those now and then!

Paige had her one year appointment today. The girl really deserves as many cupcakes as she wants after that visit... the poor thing! First, she wow'd the doctor with all of her skills, walking (and even walking backwards as she showed us she can do today!), clapping, waving, gesturing, and she was all kinds of social! She's super advanced in gross motor skills, and right on par for everything else. She's 19lbs and 2oz, and is roughly 29 inches (give or take of course). She had to get four, yes four, shots (including the whopper MMRV, and the first of her flu shots), and had her finger pricked for the lead and iron lab. She did fantastic though, cried shortly and then just snuggled with me and her blankie and was fine. The nurse put a bow in her hair, and made a fancy toy out of a tongue depresser and two stickers, which she is holding onto like it's worth a million bucks!

Here's a few shots of Paige today post appointment:

 

 

 

 

Birthday fun

On a last minute whim, the kids and I joined our friends Ashlee & Hudson (and Hudson's papa!) and went on a trip up to York's Wild Kingdom. We had nothing planned for Paige's birthday, and since the kids were getting over their cold I figured it'd be a fun daytrip.

We spent four entire hours there! I couldn't believe it! Between the zoo (where we saw real live elephants...) and the rides, we all had a great time. Even though Paige couldn't go on the rides, she certainly had fun watching the boys, and walking around the park at times.

One year old

A year ago, our little baby girl was born.
(well, technically, at 9:59am...)

A year later, she's now...

walking
climbing
has four teeth
can say 'mama' & 'dada'
loves fruit, pasta, any dessert
loves her big brother
would rather play with cars and trains than anything else
is curious
has the best laugh
makes us all smile
completed our family

 

 

It's hard to imagine our lives without Paige Olivia.

Happy First Birthday Paige! We love you so very much!