And the words flow... she can point to most of the big body parts and now she's saying hair, eye, ears, nose, and teeth! This is all so cool for me since AJ wasn't this verbal at 2.5y. It's amazing how well she can communicate. I think she's getting sick. :( AJ must be growing again b/c he keeps complaining of his legs hurting. He's about due for a growth spurt! AJ's getting better at the reading and now he's starting to make sentences. I hope he continues to make good progess!

New words...

Emily's newest-- Wait for meeee! Hold on. Stop that now! Let it go. That's MIIIIIIIIIIIINE! me Me ME ME! <--- that means either I want it or she's seen a picture of herself. lol Orange, strawberry, milk, and juice are all attempted. She's coming surprisingly close on those now. She also says Sessa for Vanessa. I get lots of "I want --- " phrases now too.
AJ is driving me insane! We started reading 2 vowel words like "made". He gets it totally but he has SO much trouble counting to 100! I don't get it but whatever. At least he's getting something in. He really likes science stuff now. Constantly wanting to do some experiment or other. I can't believe he's 6.5 now. Emily is almost 2.5y. My babies are getting so big!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Birthdays are a big deal around here. It's a celebration of one more year survived. :) The first is Alex's on Jan. 9th. I know as adults, we shouldn't go all out but... you only get to be 33 once. Soooo we have fun!


Daddy and his kids. I should post a pic of the kids from the last few years....


----Memories break----
2004- AJ is 2y. Look how light his hair was!

2007- AJ is 5.5y and Emily is 5m. LOL at her little pig tails. :X


So back to this weekend.... Emily was all into ripping open Alex's gifts for him.

The kids drew all over the wrapping. AJ wrote out HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY

And yeah.. he's spoiled rotten. :)

Pictures

OK, just cuz I want to post pics. :) They fall asleep on this little sofa all the time. Cracks me up how Em sleeps. lol

Yes, I do have fun dressing her....

Yes, yes I know, WAAAAY late but better late than never, right? I get the feeling this year is going to be even busier than last year. Emily is really growing and changing. She just might skip out of alot of her 18m clothes. She's really getting talkative now....
AJ: (poking his sister)
Em: You 'urt me!
AJ: No I didn't!
Em: YES YOU DID!!!!
Yup life is going to be SO much fun. :P
This year's goals...
--Make AJ read whenever possible.
--Get Emily to quit all the whining.
--Teach the dogs some real usable commands.
--Lose this 50lbs I've put on over the years.
We've got a wedding to attend in May so I have a real goal for getting rid of the exess. I'll just cross my fingers on the rest.