11 months/32 months

I don't know why I'm putting J's age in months, it's just funny because they are exactly 21 months apart...

Sarah is becoming a little toddler! I can't figure out if she's brilliant or a good observer - she figured out how to use a straw after I showed her one time, she'll put toys away (slowly and forgets), is trying to talk, suddenly started signing 'light' when we were at the store the other day but won't sign more unless she's prompted. She cracks me up - she'll just laugh at anything and her dimples! Those dimples are so adorable.

She likes to feed me (or anyone, I think) Also, baby girl has four teeth on top and only three on the bottom. Poor thing, it's so odd looking. I love it, of course.


I mean...just look at her. A big girl.


This face!


So precious.


Seriously, just watch this. Love her!


And this dude...crazy as ever!

J is talking more and more and more and more and more, it seems. He has questions about everything: "What's that mommy?" "What YOU SAY?" (if he doesn't hear me), "Why mommy?" "Why you laughing mommy? STOP LAUGHING MOMMY!" Let's just say, we talk all day long. Sarah will be talking before long, honestly at the end of the day I just want to sit in silence (poor Shawn.)

The other day I laughed at something on the radio and he asked me: "Why you laughing?" I told him that I heard a joke on the radio and he asked what a joke was. I tried to explain to him by using the 'why did the chicken cross the road?' but he didn't get it. Answering all these questions is very difficult! Today, we saw a friend who had a very old dog that she didn't want the kids petting (wasn't sure how he'd react to new kids, understandable!), on the way home, J asked me a thousand questions. Well, really only one question: "WHY MOMMY?" Why couldn't we pet Rocky, (he's old and cranky), why? (when we get old we don't feel good), why? (that's just the way God made us) why? (OH JEREMIAH LOOK THE TRAIN!!) Thankfully the light rail train passed by and I yelled so loud I scared Sarah, but I was just trying to derail his 'why' train.

Being a mom is much more challenging, amazing, and difficult than I'd ever imagined. God is using this to grow me, I know it, but sometimes growing is painful!

10 months (and a week or so...)

Sarah's walking is improving daily, she walks about 50% of the time and crawls the other 50%. She's different from Jeremiah in that when she falls while walking, she goes straight to crawling, where J would get back up and start walking again. I'm really looking forward to when she starts walking full time, crawling is just so icky to me! She's also completely eating table food - no more baby food! For a little while I was worried because anything with texture would make her gag, but now she eats (for the most part) what we eat and she is doing great. She's also eating cow's milk yogurt and has had no adverse reactions so far.

Her 6th and 7th teeth are currently working on popping through, too. I cannot believe she'll be one next month. I'm hoping she'll be on whole milk not too long after that! She had her first ear infection (in both ears) this past week and that was not fun, poor baby girl. She currently weighs 20lbs 11oz and trust me, my achy arms feel it!



So big!



Jeremiah...hmmm.. I am struggling to figure out how we can go from laughing and having fun one minute to complete and total meltdown the next. Sometimes it feels like the house is only filled with laughter or tears, sometimes both at the same time! His speech is improving, sometimes he says the funniest things: "I'm doing something!" when you ask him to come here, or "I'm busy now!" He's an awesome big brother, whenever Sarah cries he brings her toys, even if he's the one who made her cry. Potty training...continues to be a struggle. It feels like a process that's going to take forever!