Why do I have such a hard time keeping up with my blogging?  I want to blog so that my girls can have a chronicle of their childhood.  If they have their mother's memory, they will need it ;)

So, March 3, 2012 was the last day that I blogged???  I guess I have some catching up to do.  Let's start with Morgan.  14????  Really????  A full blown teenager, for sure!  Since March, Morgan has:

• continued with horseback riding and loves it.  This summer she attended a week long horseback riding camp in Poolesville.  She fell in  love with it out there and has decided to switch there to have her lessons.  She was taking lessons around the corner from our house.  This new place is 45 minutes away each way !  But worth it if she loves it.
• started HIGH SCHOOL!!!  Do I really have a high schooler?  When I was a high schooler, I felt my parents were old (sorry mom and dad).  I don't feel old.  But she thinks I am.  She is taking an honors history course, geometry, spanish, orchestra,english.....She says she likes high school much better than  middle school.  I am so happy for her.  She is also part of the Science Club at the High School.  Her grades are As and Bs and we could not happier for her or more proud!
• been battling an unexplained illness :(  She gets periodic fevers and feels overheated and sick more frequent than is normal.  She is seeing all kinds of specialists to figure out what is going on.
• spent four weeks in the summer as a Camp Counselor (2 weeks in training and 2 weeks as a junior counselor).  She loved it and plans to do it again next summer.

Bella is 4 years old already!  She is in her actual preschool year at school and starts kindergarten next fall!  How can that be?  How did it go so fast??? Since March, Bella has:

• flushed many objects down the toilet (thank goodness that phase is over)
• pushed every button she can find on Morgan
• recited all of her letters, letter sounds, and is able to sound out three and four letter words!
• shown a love of coloring, doing puzzles, playing with playdo, riding her bike, riding her scooter, and playing with her friends.
• kicked her afternoon nap!
• is working on potty training during the night time.

Sadly, we lost a very special member of our family since my last blog.  Kacki, our beloved dog, passed away in August 2012.  She lived almost to the age of 16!  We miss her dearly and think of her daily!  It is just not the same without her.  I never thought I would miss her as much as I do.....but I am sure she is up in heaven having a grand old time with Natie!

The adults of the McNab household have never been better.  Greg and I have been through ups and downs and very windy roads.  Our journey, thus far, has made who we are as individuals and as a couple.  I have never been more happy!  Oh, and we celebrated our 16th anniversary this August.