Kid Update

This week Eva started clapping her hands. It is so cute! For a while now she has been saying Dadda and JJ, naturally she hasn't said Momma yet. Why is it that kids always say Dad first? She has been on the move too, well conventionally- she will either army crawl backwards or just roll everywhere.

JJ is always saying the cutest things, but I don't write them down often enough. This morning he had the hiccups, and he said, "Mom, I will have hiccups for 4 hours and 4 years." I just thought, I sure hope not. He is really into time right now, he's always asking what time it is. I will tell him the time, then he'll say that he is going to tell Dad it's 3:30 when he gets home. Of course Dad never gets home at 3:30. JJ also really likes counting on his fingers. Especially his age- 3. But the great thing about it is he will put any combination of three finger up, and he'll ask, "is this three?" He is always right, I just think he wants the praise- so I give it to him!

Police Man

JJ loves to pretend. He is always pretending to be a firefighter, police man, engineer, pirate, Handy Manny, and more. Lately he has lived in his firefighter hat. He sleeps with it, and wants to wear it everywhere. Anytime we leave the house he asks, "Mom, can I take my firefighter hat." Saturday he wanted to take his police hat. We went to the Children's Museum. While there he pretended to be a firefighter, of course. The funniest part of the day was on our way home. We were walking through Gateway and we saw Spencer's boss, he asked JJ what his name is, JJ replied, "Um, Police Man." I love his imagination, he totally assumes a character. By the way, if he says he's a Police Man don't even think about calling him a Police Officer, cause he just might get mad at you. He's a Police Man, not Officer.

Confession

Ok, I confess, Eva is eight months old and today was the first day she wore shoes. Crazy, I know. I hate putting shoes on babies, it's ridiculous. They are hard to put on, and babies absolutely hate them. Today we went to Gardner Village, so I thought I would put some shoes on, so she might stay a little bit warmer. And I have to admit, I thought she looked adorable with them on. A friend in our neighborhood gave these to me right after she was born. The shoes were drawn by a local artist, they are one of a kind- pretty cool. Today was pretty windy, but warm. I can handle warm wind, beats snow in Georgia (sorry Molly :). I love when the weather warms up- I'm writing this blog from the comfort of my backyard- yah for wireless internet. We just got new adirondack chairs, we love to sit in the backyard and soak up the sun after the winter- ah doesn't the change in weather bring happiness! Well these pictures make me happy too!

My how they've grown

It's party time

Last week was a fun week. JJ's cousins Lily and Sicily share the same birthday. Luckily for us they had birthday parties on different days. For Lily's party we went to Bouncing off the Walls. It was so much fun. I think that Uncle Jason and Grandma might have had as much fun as the kids.

Spencer and I went out to dinner on Friday- avoid the Valentines rush. We did have a Valentines Day date, then afterward Spencer watched the kids while I got a pedicure. Yah! It was a really nice Valentines.

Sunday we got together with my family for the monthly birthday party. This month we celebrated Brian, Kody, Sicily, and Kiristin's birthdays.

I took Eva into the pedi again, another ear infection. Now we have to go to the Ear Nose and Throat specialist. To make matters worse (cause she's not sleeping good) JJ, Eva, and I have a pretty nasty cold. Boy am I ready for spring!!!

Changes

Have you noticed any changes? Spencer and I have noticed the sound of birds, and the return of our resident squirrels. We have a bird feeder right outside our kitchen window that the birds have been frequenting, I had to put some more seed out today. We love our visitors, we even like the squirrels, as long as they don't get in our attic. Unfortunately the last few years they have found a way inside the attic, the scratching can be really annoying, especially at 3:00 in the morning. I hope this year will be different.

Ok- I hate posting pictures of myself, but Spencer said I had to blog one.

Notice anything different in this picture?

Well I've had long hair nearly all my life. This past year my hair has been getting progressively shorter, and last week I went for it. I got about six inches cut off. It's the first short haircut I've had since I was a toddler.

Spencer went on a quick trip to California he got back on Friday, that night we went to the U of U gymnastics meet. JJ had fun doing somersaults before we left, but while we were there he said he was scared. There were a ton of people there, and he didn't like it when everyone cheered. Nether did Eva, I stayed out with her almost the whole time.

Typical Monday

Yesterday was like every monday... Ran errands- Target, Costco, and after Target didn't have something I needed I had to go to Dan's too. When I got home the real work began. Do you feel like your house is turned upside down after the weekend? Aaaaahh!!! It drives me crazy, every monday I try to put the house back together, I don't know if it's because Spencer is home during the weekend, or that we're in and out all weekend, but it happens- without fail- every week. Is it just me? Is there some way to avoid this crazy catastrophe? It drives me nuts!!!

Well I did take the opportunity to take so pics of the kids. Our house is west facing, so we get some great natural light in the afternoon, I love taking advantage of the lighting- perfect for pics.

I think all kids love being tickled, but Eva loves being tickled by JJ. I can tickle her and she laughs, but when JJ tickles her she giggles and giggles and giggles. It's so cute! I'm so lucky- both kids truly love each other, I think they'll be best friends!