Finally! We were able to take some of the gates down in our house this month! While David still gets into things, he’s lost the urge to destroy everything in his path and pull everything off of shelves and out of cabinets. We love being able to walk around the house without running into gates and David & Jack love to run around from living room, through...

This month, right on time, David has hit some of the wonderful stages that come with being a year and a half. He throws some really lovely fits with lots of flopping around like a fish just yanked out of a pond. He has gone from a child who would eat anything at any given meal to one who you can’t count on to eat anything, except pickles. When you give him a...

It’s amazing how fast kids this age learn words. David is picking up 1-2 a day and is beginning to string a few together. He regularly pops out with some word that we didn’t know he knew. He learned to say “Mommaw” and “Poppaw” not long after we came home from Ohio, and when Granna and Granddad came for their Christmas visit, he...

This month has just flown by with our trip to Ohio taking up much of it. David did about as expected in the car, but it wasn’t too bad and we had a great time visiting with family and friends. He was interested in his new cousin Benjamin, and patted on him a lot. I’m sure they’ll be good friends! David is having a language growth spurt right now, so...

We’ve been able to visit lots of playgrounds recently, now that the weather has cooled off a bit, and David has a great time climbing  and playing on the slides. It’s so nice to get to the point where he can play a bit at McDonald’s and not have to be stuck in the high chair while Jack plays. David is a rough and tumble boy, and rarely is his...

Jack had a little altercation with a sidewalk. The sidewalk won this round, but Jack left his mark on it by bleeding copiously all over it. It was his first nosebleed, and he took it like a man. I was proud of him for not getting too upset by the whole thing. I loved this shirt on Jack. It’s been fun pulling out the 18 month clothes for David and remembering...