Jack's been a little under the weather the last couple days with a cold (I took that picture this morning). Some great news about Jack is that his speech therapy has been going so well, we think he might only have 1 session left. The therapist says Jack has almost no delay anymore in expressive language. Basically all we're working on now is getting his sound pronunciation better.
Some other news that affects both kids is our childcare situation. Our nanny that's been with Jack since he was 6 weeks old unexpectedly had to return to Belize a couple weeks ago, and she doesn't know if she'll be returning to the U.S. So the last few weeks have been a bit stressful as Andy and I have been scrambling to figure out what we're going to do.
We wound up deciding to get an au pair, who will actually live with us (the lower level of our house has a bedroom that's pretty separate from the rest of the house). We think overall things will be easier with an au pair versus a nanny, not to mention there will be a substantial savings in cost for us. We've selected our au pair, a 24-year old girl from Iowa, and she'll be starting in December. It will definitely be a big change, but hopefully all will work out for the best!
Here are some pictures from Tuesday, when I took Charlotte to my clinic in the Albany Park neighborhood of Chicago so she could visit everyone. For fun, we checked her weight--she's about 10 pounds, 12 ounces. (She puked all over her shirt right before we put her on the scale.)
Charlotte with 4 of my clerical staff--Luz (holding her), Maribel, Lorena, and Yamilette.
Charlotte with Keng-I, one of my Nutritionists.
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