Wordless Wednesday

A Year and a Half

· Justin 22 pounds 13 ounces (25-50%)

33 inches tall (50-75%)

· Lana 23 pounds 4 ounces (50%)

32 inches tall (50%)



· Justin is going to be the strong silent type. He’s not very talkative. He has about 10 words he says very clearly. But for the most part, he doesn’t say much. Danks (Thanks), Dog, Mama, Dada, Ba (Buzz), Uh oh, Dis (This), Dat (That), Ni-ni (Night night), Hi/Hey, Bye, Gigi (my Mom), Ball

· Lana on the other hand, is going to be a talker, like Collin. “Ba” is a variety of things, depending on context. Buzz, Cup (I’m guessing somehow it arrived from bottle?), blanket. DaDoo (Thank you), Ease (Please or Cheese, depending on if she wants something or if I have the camera out), Mama, Daaady!, Mo (More), Doggie, Car-ya (Carly), Woo-ye (Woody), Ja (Jessie), Owie, Uh oh, Gigi, Bubbles, Cookie

· Lana will make kissy sounds to get the cats to come to her, Sammi, on occasion will. She’s really come to like the kids over the last year. Something I never thought would happen.

· They fold their hands to pray at dinner

· Both are pretty good eaters. Justin is basically a bottomless pit most of the time. Lana is a little more pickey. But if you can get her to open her mouth and try something once, she’ll most likely realize it’s good and finish the meal. It shocked me one night when she ate almost an entire can of green beans on her own. She kept asking for more. It was unbelievable.

· Lana LOVES shoes. My mom recently got her a pair of orange tennis shoes from Target, the look on her face when she saw them was absolutely priceless. I love that she brings me random shoes sporadically throughout the day and want to wear them.

· Justin LOVES his Toy Story. The Woody doll has to go with us everywhere. He even came with us to the Zoo one day. I couldn’t believe I let that happen. Lana’s “item” is her blanketS. Yes, plural. The girl loves her blankets. And don’t try to take them from her, she will NOT be happy.

· Both have a temper. No idea where they get that from ;)

· Justin has been very clingy and having separation issues recently. I’m hoping its just a phase and I’ll be able to drop him off at his class and not walk away with us both in tears.

· Lana’s pigtails are probably the cutest things I’ve ever seen.

· We changed her earrings out for the first time. They were pierced a year ago for the first time. She did really well while I changed them.

· Their favorite bedtime book is “Bubbles Bubbles,” a $1 Sesame Street book I got from Target when Collin was a baby. It’s adorable how much they like to read. I’ll turn around and find them upstairs in their chair reading their board books.

· Lana is quite the dancer. Girl will bust a move whenever she hears music, it doesn’t matter where she is. It’s pretty cute.

Dining Room Work In Progress

I've had a very specific view for our dining room for a year or so now. And we are finally making it happen! We found the EXACT table I have been dreaming about, a great table cloth, placemats, napkins, made a centerpiece and the rug was delivered today. All that needs to happen now, it to settle on a paint color in the next couple weeks, put some stuff on the walls and I can have a legit adult dining room!!

Laundry Room Revamp

Months ago I saw a Pin that I knew would be an easy-to-complete-organizing-project. No painting. No trips to the hardware store. No building. Just some bins, that I knew I had seen at Target and wanted for ::something::

Well, Brudder got me a FABULOUS Christmas present! The bins! Yesterday I started tackling the project during naps. The only bad part was the liquid detergent. It didn't flow out of the drink dispenser well, so I had to nix that from the plans. But other than that, I'm pretty much in love. Still a couple things left I want to do, but overall, 2 hours well spent.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

For months now, Lana has been bringing me things to "dress" her. It started with shoes, the boys' belt, a hair bow, jackets, whatever. She's just turning into such a little girl. (Much like the boys have turned into little boys with their trucks and climbing)

For Christmas Lana got a Minnie Mouse tea set, she's in love with it. So, I, in turn, am in love watching her. In less than a day she mastered carrying a cup and saucer in each hand across the room. It's adorable to see such intense concentration from such a little person. She also got her first Cabbage Patch Doll, a purse filled with purse type stuff and a bunch of play necklaces and jewelry.

Pictures really just don't do the cuteness justice.