I have been terrible at documenting both of your lives!! We are in the middle of moving all of our pictures off the old laptop, so I’ll have to post those later, but I figured I could do a quick recap before both of you are all grown up :)
Peanut, you are 3 ½ years old!! You wear 2T shorts, 3T shirts, and size 8 shoes. You love to wear skirts and dresses and anything that can “spin”. You wear bright magenta Nikes to school every day and call them your running shoes. Your hair is so so long and we usually have to braid a portion of it to keep it out of your eyes, since you don’t like to have all of it up. The mornings are the hardest for you and it takes you a long time to warm up to the idea of being awake (just like your daddy). You have recently gotten into the habit of sneaking into our bed every night. You still need me to snuggle with you for a while at bedtime after we say prayers. Then before I get up you always remind me to turn on the turtle light and close the door because that’s how Stinker sleeps best. Your vocabulary is astonishing. Recently you have become interested in electricity and power lines and how lights come on (I’m sure that has something to do with both of your parents working for the utility company). As of this summer you are now in the big girl 3 year old class at school. It was a tough transition for about a week, but now you are doing so well! You love to sing and come home with new songs all of the time, and know all of the sign language to every one as well. You are getting closer and closer to reading. You spell every single word you see when we are out and about. You still suck your thumb but I’m leaving that alone for the moment. Your favorite foods are chicken nuggets and any fruit you can get your hands on. Chocolate almond milk is like your coffee, you just can’t function in the mornings without it. We just spent a week at the beach with your cousins and you absolutely adore them and try to do everything they do. You are in swimming lessons this summer and can now swim by yourself!! It’s amazing and scary to watch you kick kickkick and come up for air, and kick some more to get to the side of the pool, but you do it! You will start dance in August and I think you will LOVE it. You have the most specific memory and it is so much better than mine. I try to tell you the things we need before we leave for the store, just so you can remind me once we are there. You still love to snuggle up and read books or just sit and be quiet for a while. Your favorite TV show at the moment is Super Why and your favorite movie is Cinderella. You are just the sweetest little girl ever and I love you with my whole heart.
Stinker, you are 19 months old!! And you are changing and growing and learning something new every day. You are our constant entertainment. You wear 18-24 month clothes, but some are still a little baggy. You wear size 5 shoes but your feet are always growing. You have a legit mullet, but I just can’t bring myself to get you a big boy haircut yet. You ALMOST have all of your teeth in. The last few were a bear and you got into the habit of biting when they were really bothering you. You love to run and race and jump into things. I’m pretty sure some day you will be an adrenaline junkie. You also love to snuggle and hug and are so sweet. You are very emotional and express your feelings as soon as you feel them. It seems like you learn new words every day. I think you will be speaking in sentences soon. Your favorite food is still waffles. Andsqueezy packs. We are still working on getting you to eat mean and veggies. You stopped nursing last month and I think we are both sad it’s over. But you still let me snuggle and hold you before I put you down at night. You are very much a Daddy’s boy lately. You two wrestle for hours on end and you prefer him to put you down for naps and at night. You are also in swim lessons and are like a little teeny fish! You LOVE being under water, which is terrifying for me. You kick and wiggle but don’t propel yourself very far, so we always have to pull you back up. Once you reach the edge of the pool you can pull yourself out but then you just jump right back in :) Hopefully next year you’ll be big enough to actually move yourself through the water so I wont have a heart attack every time we go to the pool. You have just started being interested in TV and ask to watch “big bird!” every morning. Before you attempt anything you look at us and say “ready?” waiting for us to say “ready, set, go!”. You still love to be held and that makes my heart feel a little better about you growing up. You’re still my baby even though you’re so big!
We love you both so much and are so excited to watch you grow and learn and experience life! I will try to be better at keeping track of everything…but you two keep me busy! I wouldn’t have it any other way. You have my heart.
