Jack had a fun birthday and was so excited to turn 5. He got a bicycle for his birthday among other things and feels like a big boy riding it, but is a bit scared. (It’s slightly too big for him, but we didn’t want to get one he’d grow out of quickly and end up having to buy another one.) We decided to start giving Jack and allowance when he...

David had a great birthday! He spent it with a couple of friends, his cousins, aunt, uncle and grandparents, and had a cute Winnie the Pooh cake. David LOVES kisses and hugs. Sometimes he just gives out random kisses ’cause he feels like it – it’s so sweet, it about kills me. He’s still doing great with the glasses. He even slept in them one...

Almost 5! 5 years old seems like such a milestone- like he’s entering a new part of childhood somehow. People talk about time going so quickly with kids, but to me it seems FOREVER since Jack was born way up in Chicagoland. Jack is enjoying being big enough to give piggyback rides to David. They go all over the house like this, to different piggyback...

Almost 2 years old! David is such a big boy. He’s climbing in and out of his crib, opening doors, feeding himself well with a fork and spoon and talking up a storm. His favorite word is “again” – he tags it onto about half the sentences that come out of his mouth. He loves to say “See! I bwoke it again!” and “Looka I...

Jack is excited that it’s getting hot since that means he can swim! Jack loves to be out with Daddy doing yard work, and gets out his little lawn mower and weed eater so he can “help”. So cute to watch him marching across the lawn with his little mower. He finished up his co-op class this month and was sorry that it was over. We went to a...

David has taken the changes in his life this month completely in stride. I was prepared for weeks of fussing about leaving the glasses on, and we ended up having no problems at all. Some have suggested that maybe it’s because he can actually see now, but we really couldn’t tell he was having problems seeing. He enjoyed looking at books, both with us and...

David’s eyes started looking funny to me about a month ago. After a couple of weeks of catching glimpses of his eyes not seeming to work together quite right, and hearing from my best friend that she had seen the same thing, we took him to the doctor. Sure enough, he is very farsighted. I was really concerned that he would revolt against wearing glasses as many...