Micah's new sayings and Dylan's new doings

Over the past two weeks or so, we've noticed that Micah is really stringing sentences together! He's been doing 4 word ones for a while, but this week we're up to 5 word ones, and every once in a while even more! It's so fun to listen to him talk and say new things. The biggest thing this week is, "This is the..." and he'll add one or two words to the end. The most popular ones are, "This is the FRONT door," "This is the BACK door," "This is the EFFICE (furnace) door," and "This is the BIG cup." (He emphasizes the words in caps.) He also likes to say things in the car when we're getting close to home - "almost" and "two more turns..." He says them in such a sweet, sing-song voice that I just love! He calls the shower "sha sha" and always wants to use the shower when he's in the bath tub. :) This week he's seemed to make up his own song too. He sings it whenever he's in the booster chair in the kitchen eating and goes something like, "Dee but, dee but, dee but choo ko but." We have absolutely NO idea what he's singing (not even the tune sounds like anything we know), but it's sure cute! He also sings other songs that he's familiar with, and over the past few weeks we can stop a song in the middle and he'll fill in the next word. This has been a really fun time for us with so much verbal development!

Dylan is back into a lots-of-sleep pattern. He seems to do this about once a month where he sleeps way more than usual. Must be a growth spurt. It would have been nice of him to do this last week when I was trying to unpack the house, but oh well! He's chowing down on 1/4 cup of cereal at breakfast and dinner now, and I think he'd happily eat more. I'm about to start him on veggies/fruits when we get home. He's definitely a big eater just like his brother was (is)! He's also able to sit up by himself for short periods of time now, but still hasn't rolled over either direction (Micah was a late roller too). He continues to be a really happy baby in general and definitely loves his mama most of all right now. :)

A Thankful Thanksgiving

It's been a while since I posted, but over the last month or however long it's been, we've been crazy busy! We successfully packed up our old house, moved out, closed on our old and new houses, moved into our new house, and did a LOT of unpacking! Wow. It's been really crazy. Add a bunch of sicknesses to that mix (all of us except Steve), and it was a really stressful few weeks.

Now that we're on the other side of all of that, though, we are feeling extra thankful this year! We've got wonderful families on both sides, two beautiful sons, a new home that meets our needs perfectly, a church family that we love, great friends, and a loving Savior. We're in Texas with my family this week, and it's wonderful to have all of us together. Micah is having a lot of fun playing with cousin Kate - it makes me excited for the future when Dylan is old enough to play with Micah!

I'm hoping to get back on track with posting again now that things will hopefully be settling down.