Sunday, June 30, 2013

Happy 4th Birthday, Jared!

 That is right this long awaited birthday (which is really just a stepping stone to 5 in his mind) is here!


He woke up to this:

 Except Rosie was up in the middle of the night, so most of the balloons were on the floor.


 He got some presents:

 


Yeah, Sugar!


I love Jared at this age for so many reasons.

Sometimes he's a bit undressed. Either because of the sandbox, heat, lunch, or because I won't go upstairs to choose his clothes with him.

He is inquisitive and has the most interesting things to say (specialized post will be coming soon!)

He is so sweet and loving to me. He rubs my back when I have a headache and nearly always thanks me for making him dinner. He still cuddles on occasion and needs kisses when he is hurt.

Look at that face!

He is a budding photographer- he took several of the pictures in the previous post. And this is his first selfie.

 I love you, Jared!

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

18 Month Rosie

With her new baby


Rosie is such an extraordinary little girl. She is sweet and opinionated and sensitive. How I love this little cuddle bug! She is independent, but she knows how life goes around our home; as soon as lunch is over and her hands are washed, she waves bye to Jared and starts heading upstairs for her nap. Rosie's eloquent requests behind earnest eyes just melt us into submission. She is a natural goofball- twirling in the curtains during pajama time, tossing unwanted vegetables away, tickling and dog-piling whenever she has the chance. Anything infant size or smaller get called baby and air kissed. How could we live without our sweet girl?

Her smile-for-the-camera face

She is quite the talker and this list probably contains about half of her vocabulary:

All done
Toes
Belly
Eyes
Eyebrow
Ears
Hair
Cheeks
Chin
Neck
Teeth
Beep
Nice
Jared
Mama
Daddy (Da-ee)
Cheese
All done
Help me
Cracker
Juice
Soft
Rough
Walk
Get Down

Baby
Oh, no
Ouch
Outside
Go
Car
Wash

Keys
This
Up, please
More
No
Apple
Water
Duck
Goat
Monkey
Dog (sound)
Horse (sound)
Elephant (sound)

  
Getting hosed down by dad

 They still love each other!