Ages & Stages

Hadley still has a love for learning and is curious about so many things. The other night after the others were put to bed, she and I played with her dollhouse and started getting silly. She laughed sooo hard and it was fun being silly/joking around with her. I am glad for her sense of humor.

Vincent (three days shy of turning 4) is such a cute and kind little boy. People always comment on how well he speaks. He loves all things baseball and his cousin Wyatt b/c he loves the Angels too. Tonight we celebrated his birthday and he got Hungry Hungry Hippos game from Grandma and Grandpa Tigger and Chris and I got him an RC car. Sometimes I feel it is difficult having a boy b/c I'm not familiar with their likes/dislikes but other times it is so fun to get him perfect boy gifts.

Lauren is 26 months old and speaks so much! Her sentences have become longer and more complex in the last month or so and she commonly says sentences of five words. She is so cute to put down at naptime: first she gets her blankie and bottle and I let her turn on the overhead fan and pull the chain to turn the light off. Then she climbs into her crib (she is the first child to be able to climb into her crib while she still sleeps in it) *none learned/tried to climb out. She lays down and I cover her up.

Gentry (8 months) has wasted no time trying to keep up with her siblings. She crawls, can still barely sit up though, and kneels and/or stands up at her toys. She can pull herself to kneeling but not quite up to her feet yet. She also likes to climb on anything. Boxes, stools, and yes, the stairs now too.

I am so grateful for healthy and happy children who appear to me to be enjoying their childhood. They are excitable - which I love and really notice is one of the most exciting aspects of parenthood. It is so fun to start and have new traditions and celebrate things with them.