Hey there!

Hello there from here! the barden's are all doing great...aside from this horrible cough i seem to have picked up somewhere-oh it's awful, annoying and one of those things that gets worse the more i try to stop it-ugh! Thank goodness for my pal Lauren and her supply of cough drops and dayquil- they help enough to get by! It's tuesday Morning here and Jagger just went down for his am nap and Brian took Averie to school at the Y- She is liking it so far, it's a bit of an adjustment going from preschool at home 2x/week from 9-1230, to monday thru friday from 9-230- but it's good for her while we are here! There isn't much else to do all day, so may as well go learn, be social and eat some food that we probably will never eat again! The school lunches are very diverse and very interesting to say the least. Averie has already acquired a taste for un sweetened green tea (they drink this from a real tea cup with lunch), miso soup-served as a side everyday, as well as a few things that i have never eaten myself! Pumpkin Croquette anyone? haha!
Jagger is almost 10 months- I CANNOT believe I just wrote that, where on Earth did the time go? He is mobile, mobile, mobile- not crawling yet, but gets around just fine! If he's in his Barney Rubble car- aka- walker, Watch OUT! He is fast and doesn't yield to ankles or shins! He is so cute and always happy and just the perfect addition to our family! He thinks the world of big sis and we get so much enjoyment from watching them be siblings! Talk about true LOVE!!
Brian, well lets just say he's been better....he is at the doc right now getting his elbow checked out! We think he needs surgery, so we will keep ya posted....if so, maybe we get to come back home a little earlier than expected!! Last year, cortisone shots kept the pain away and he played awesome right thru it, but this year, the shot hasn't done it's job, so maybe the situation has gotten worse....guess well see what the doctor says in a couple hours!
The weather has warmed up nicely, its been right around 70 degrees the past week and it's going to be 80 today~ Love this time of year, it's pretty nice! Going to shoot a photo session of my kids today or tomorrow, so I will post some new pics soon!! Miss you all :)

Ava in her YIK uniform

Clean baby Jagger! 9.5 months!