Afton has started speech therapy. We found out that she has a quite severe dentalization disorder that consists of an open bite and a moderately severe malocclusion and underbite. This is due to her prolonged use of a pacifier...sigh. Although the pediatric dentist told us as long as we got rid of it by the time she was 3 that there should be no problems but it was gone by then and she still has this problem. She has errors with many sounds but her worst are s, z, t, d, l, n, and the sh and ch sounds. These are all caused by her incorrect tongue placement caused by the malocclusion. We are working on it. It's going to take a lot of practice and the therapist says she will need braces someday. I feel so bad. And now we are working on getting Autumn's pacifier away so that the same thing doesn't happen to her. It's not easy! I worry once we take it away for good she'll stop sleeping again. I swear I will never offer a pacifier to a baby again.
We have moved to a new place. It's bigger that our old place and has 2 floors, 3 rooms. It's really nice to have more space. I feel so much less anxious because I am able to put so much more away and organize more. I think we all really like it. Even though we have space to have the girls each in their own room they are still together. They enjoy being together :) It's sweet. They do bother each other sometimes but they still like to be with each other nonetheless haha.
We are looking forward to summer and getting to play outside more again. I'm sad there is not a pool at our new place but I'm sure we'll manage to swim a lot anyway. We'll go somewhere :) I plan on getting a small pool for the girls in our little backyard and a comfy lawn chair for me.
Tyler is still doing school full time and work part time. We are getting by. He sure is busy with lots of homework all the time. It gets tiresome. But he does well. He has good grades and is working hard to make a really good portfolio to help him get a job. Next year he will apply for the internship through Disney here in Utah. Hopefully he gets it. The first counciler in our new ward has told us that he can get him a job at a sports adverisement type place that needs animators. It makes me feel like we are DEFINITELY here for a reason.
I really like our new ward. They have been so welcoming. They make us feel like we are really needed. It's a smaller ward and I like that. It has that cozy home town feel. Everyone has been so friendly and excited to meet us. I'm glad I know that we will be here for a while. It's such a good feeling.
Our next door neighbors are members and they are so sweet. It is a couple with two older kids. A son about 16 and a daughter that is 14. Her name is Natalie and she is so sweet. My girls absolutely adore her and she loves them too. She is so sweet with them. I have a feeling she will be our go to baby sitter. She is so good with the kids. She reminds me of me at that age :) I'm so grateful to have them next door.
We are going to get more photos taken soon but for now here are a few fun ones!
