Mike, Kylie, Preston and Madi

This was just part of the month of August with Kylie and her family..

Mike and Kylie bought a home and will be moving into it in just two weeks.  I am so excited because their new house is going to be only 20 minutes away from us!!  So much closer!!  The new house is very much like their old one but just a little bigger and a slightly different layout.  But best of all, it has a place for the kids to play both inside and outside so they can enjoy life again instead of stuck in an apartment.
Mike and Kylie's jobs are going well and keeping them both very busy.
Preston starts pre-school tomorrow!  Can you believe that???  He will be four in September and is growing up so fast.  He carries on wonderful conversations and is really quite brilliant for his age - says words I didn't know until I was in school. He loves dinosaurs right now and plays with them day in and out..And he knows what each one is and what it eats and how it sounds.  He's very much into playing outside in the dirt and loves to come to our house to play.  He loves his daddy and mommy too and loves spending one on one time with each of them when he can  School is going to be great for him.  He will learn so much and make some cute friends.
Madi is a spit fire.  She's going to be the death of Kylie - I keep telling Kylie that Madi will be her first ER visit, her first heart attack and her first anxiety attack.  Madi has no fear - she jumps from everything, mostly following the lead of her older brother.  She sees Preston do things and thinks she can do the same at her age.  She's not even two yet - only 19 months - and she jumps off furniture, climbs up on furniture and also climbs and jumps out of her high chair.  Her biggest thing now is...she's a fish - thinks she can swim anywhere she wants just because she has floaties on.  The minute Kylie puts floaties on her, she heads for the deep end of the pool and as far out as she can go in the lake.  No fear - no SENSE of fear.  And she is is such a tomboy now - wanted to wear Preston's underwear over her diaper, but Kylie got her some princess underwear so she has that on now.  And she knows what she wants and when she wants it.  She is FOREVER walking around the house calling for PAPA...PAPA...to the point that we all hate PAPA when he's not home cuz Madi calls for him for hours.  She follows him around everywhere too - she still loves here NANA too and loves to come see me at work, but oh my, she is just sooo active.  Spit fire....I don't know what she'll do when Preston goes to school tomorrow.  It will be interesting to see how she reacts.
The pictures of both these grandchildren are the best.  They are so full of life.  We love spending time with them and watching them learn and grow with such distinct personalities.  And they happen to still adore us right now.
And Kylie got to spend some time with her cousins - I noticed how pretty she looked that night, so took a picture of her.  Today, she stopped by my office and had her hair pulled back into a pony tail but with make up on.  Dr. Henao made the comment about how pretty Kylie looked.  I was pleased.  She really is quite a lovely girl/lady.  She didn't get it from me!!!