He Likes...

This little bug loves...

Crawling and cruising around everything, food, going for walks, playing with his sister, babbling, wrestling with daddy, trying to climb on things, baths, dumping toys, being outside, playing on our keyboard, swinging at the park, eating anything he can find on the floor.

He dislikes...
Being out of mommy's view, teething, going to bed, loud sounds (i.e. vacuum, blender, wheat grinder, movies), and sitting still

Only smiles I get while he is in bed

I am learning what it means to raise a boy. He is so active and into everything, I can't keep up. He has already had minor accidents of pulling an entire full-length mirror over himself--breaking it into a million pieces and luckily only getting a little gash.


He is also so mobile that he can get places FAST. He already took a tumble down our stairs and has no trouble having a new bump on his head everyday.



One of those few moments that he is still. I sure love nap time!



This boy is practicing to be a true cowboy. He has an obsession with this horse. He talks with it all the time and loves to ride it.


As I said before this boy loves being outside. He will calm down when throwing a major cryfest if I take him outside. I am going to have a hard time saying goodbye to warm weather. We will take advantage of it while we have it.




Oh, I love this momma's boy. Even though his only word is said in a whiny voice, I love that he loves his "ma ma ma".

She Likes...

This little princess loves...

Singing, dancing, discovering how things work, being right by mommy's side cooking, right by daddy's side fixing or building something, playing with all her friends, coloring, drawing all her favorite people, mommy preschool, reading books after books, being with Joshua, taking walks, playing at the park, going to nursery ("her class" as she calls it), cleaning with mommy...


She also is very adventurous and has tried a lot of new foods that I am unsure I would have tried at her age. Daddy brought home fish he caught and she wanted to help hold, clean, and eat it. I say she is brave. I wanted nothing to do with looking that thing in the face. Aliyah even thought she was supposed to eat the eyeball. Yuck! She seemed to like the meat though. We even had some friends do a crawdad boil and she played with those things like they were toys--no thanks to our friends encouraging her. I love that she tries it at least. Now if I could get her less picky with simple foods.


I had a huge desire to get a preschool together for her and her friends, but everyone else was unable to do it, so she is left with mommy school. She loves learning her numbers, letters, shapes, colors and such. Everyday she asks, "Can I do my work now?" She is a smart girl and I am always impressed with what she already understands.


I couldn't have asked for a more responsible oldest child. She is so helpful with Joshua and always wants to be helping me. She entertains him so well when I need a minute to get things together for dinner or such. Aliyah can get Joshua to laugh or smile more than Jason and I can. They had an automatic love for each other.


I can tell we are nearing age 3 because the word "why" is often heard here in our house. Also, because she throws so many fits over the littlest things. It is all for her discovering her independence which I appreciate but so long for her to slowly find out.