James is talking so much and there is nothing cuter in the world! In addition to Mama and Dada he says Ali, please, thank you, yes, no and a lot of other things that are a little hard to make right now. This guy HAS TO dance! He has the cutest dance moves and loves to sing. He knows the actions to all the songs we sing and does them every time. He loves to be wherever Ali is but also loves to be on his own and explore and discover.
Ali is a sweetheart and we are amazed every day at how smart she is. She can say any word and will pick up on words we use and then use them in her own sentences with the correct meaning. She loves to randomly throw out phrases out like, "7 o'clock" and "16 dollars". It makes me giggle. She loves to have tea parties and picnics.
The kids do things all day that I just adore and I am going to do better about documenting them.
One thing that we are trying to focus more on in our house is music. Music is so important and we are enjoying exposing our kids to new instruments and look forward to lessons in the near future.
My parents helped us get a piano. It has been such a dream of mine to get a piano and I can't believe we actually have a piano at our house. Thank you Dad and Mom!
We have the dandelions under control now, but they made for some really fun afternoons when they were around.
These photos are from Mother's Day. Everyone was sick so it was a very different weekend than I had envisioned. I had so many things planned for ME for Mother's Day- outings that I could do alone to "reward" myself for being a mom. Ali got sick Friday, James got sick Saturday and I ended up spending the weekend at home, snuggling my precious sweeties all weekend. It turned out way better than the weekend I had planned. I felt bad that they were sick, but the whole time I was holding them I thought, "This is what being a mom is all about and I LOVE everything about it." I'm so grateful I got to spend the weekend doing what is truly important and it has changed my ideas about Mother's Day for the future.
I love these little people with my whole being and I am eternally grateful that we get to be their parents. They are special gifts from heaven and we tell them that every day.
It brings joy to everyone!
We potty trained for 1 afternoon.... and then I decided to try again this summer.
The kids LOVE to do art. James is in the paint yourself stage.
(Poor James was so, so sick on Sunday but he was a champ and made it through a little of church and then went home and crashed for the rest of the day. Hence the shorts and flip flops. Sweet boy had such a bad fever.)
