Monday, May 14, 2012

Andres

I love  this little boy.  He's becoming so fun and he has such a goofy personality.  He likes so many things right now.  He still loves cars and trucks and motorcycles and anything else that moves, but he also really likes pirates, or maybe just being a pirate.  He'll put on this patch and say "Ayaar!" (his version of arghh) and then he'll pull the patch up and say "It's just me, Andres".  I love the fact that in this picture a pirate also needs a binky, which he never used until Dexter came along.  He claimed this one as his own and occasionally will put it in his mouth and bite it (he doesn't really know what to do with it).  He's learning all sorts of new things, although he doesn't seem to care as much about learning letters or numbers or colors the way Addie did.  He knows most of the vowels by sight and we're pretty sure he knows all of his colors because he will point them out, but if we ask him what color something is, he seems to just say the first thing that comes to his mind.  He counts "1, 2, 1, 2, 1".  But when I count to 10, he will say a lot of the numbers with me.  He still falls asleep just about anywhere, which I am a fan of right now since Dexter still doesn't have much of a schedule and most days Andres will still get a nap even if I have to be with Dexter.
He has been saying "I love you" a lot to both Jason and I and he gives really good hugs.  He is saying lots of complete sentences and is a very animated talker; he uses his hands and his face to get his point across.  He loves to climb anywhere and everywhere.  I thought these pictures were hilarious.  He was trying to get something out of the closet and as he crawled out, his diaper got stuck on the door. 
He looks so distraught in the one picture, and then he has completely given up in the next. 




Andres loves his little brother.  Sometimes he hugs him a bit too tight and he likes to touch his face way more than makes me comfortable.  I certainly cannot leave the two of them alone for fear of permanent damage, but they sure do like each other.  Even with all the times Andres has accidentally elbowed him or tripped over him (yes, it has happened), Dexter still has a big smile when he sees his big brother.

Friday, May 4, 2012

Addie

Addie is lots of fun right now.  She's almost 4 and having a good time with lots of things.  She loves to put on pretty dresses and wear sparkly shoes and has about a million necklaces to accesorize her ensambles.  Speaking of accessories and ensambles, she loves to read and one of her favorites right now is Fancy Nancy.  She still loves princess anything, though and has said more than one time:"When I grow up I want to be a princess, and then when I grow up again I want to be a fairy-princess-mermaid".  I'm not sure what that is, or when exactly 'growing up again' occurs, but I'm sure she'll figure it out.  She and Andres have been playing a lot more with each other.  Not always well, but they have a lot of fun and they come up with some of the most creative things.  Today they were in their room for about an hour making forts and playing 3 musketeers (or 2 I guess) which I was very grateful for because Dexter was having a hard afternoon.  When he finally went down for a nap, I went to see what they were doing but I was very kindly told "Sorry, no big people allowed in here".
She goes to preschool once a week and ballet once a week.  She's getting very excited for her recital coming up.  Although I am a bit scared because she has to have her hair up in a bun, and to be honest, because she's never let me do anything to her hair I don't really know how to do anything with her hair.  She has been doing really well with keeping it brushed everyday (even that was a struggle for awhile) and with the warmer weather her curls are starting to come back a bit.
 Addie is a wonderful big sister.  She loves to make Dexter smile and laugh, and likes to get Andres in trouble.  She has a listening jar and has been doing pretty good with listening to mom and dad and trying to do what's right.
These are two cheesy kids.  There are no words for this picture, I just thought it was perfect of the two of them.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Two Years

What a difference 2 years can make, eh?