YIKES!

Well I guess I've been pretty distracted lately!  I can't believe how quickly this summer is flying by.  Here's an update on some of the things we have been doing lately.

On August 16, we had a sonogram and found out that Baby #3 is a BOY!  We are all very excited.  Emily wanted "a boy baby this time" and Bailey finally said she'd like a baby brother (instead of her usual "No, thank you" every time we'd asked her if she wanted a brother or sister), so that was wonderful.  His name will be William Kenneth McDowell V and we'll call him Liam for short.

Also on August 16, Emily started preschool!  She's attending VPK and she loves it.  She cried on the first day because she didn't want to come home--the kids who stay all day (she leaves at noon) were going to make gingerbread men in the afternoon and she wanted to do that!  So we made some of our own:

Poor Emily came home from school yesterday with a fever, and since it got pretty bad over night, I took her to the doctor this morning.  Diagnosis?  Strep throat AND scarlet fever!! She'll have to miss school until Monday.

Bailey is having a hard time with Emily going to school.  When we drop her off, she says, "I go school TOO" and I have to explain that she has to wait until she turns four.  Then when we leave, it's, "Oh, no! Lella!" like I'd just forget her somewhere!  My favorite part, though, is when we pick Emmy up from school and they greet each other:

It's hard to imagine what it'll be like when Emily goes to "real" school and is gone all day!  Right now it's only three hours!!

Bailey has also developed an interest in using the potty, which may or may not have to do with my bribe of M&Ms for using the potty.  For a while she wouldn't have anything to do with panties, but then the other day she decided she'd give them a try.  It was so cute!  She still prefers her diapers but she is very much a creature of habit and she doesn't like any sort of change to her routine.

Bailey also moved from her crib to a toddler bed, which has been a difficult transition for her.  She's been up a lot at night.  I keep hoping once she gets used to the bed we'll go back to sleeping--she used to sleep 11 1/2 to 12 hours a night and now she's up several times, sometimes for an hour or more!  It's been hard!

Well, that's all I can think of right now!  I will try to be better about updating the blog over the next few weeks.