Sisters

Having grown up with two sisters, I have many fond memories and a firm belief in the value of sisters. Luckily, Sydney is going to get to experience that too soon! Her baby sister was not shy and full of energy at our ultrasound!

In thinking about sisters I starting reading some quotes to someday paint on the wall in their room, haha. A few struck a chord with exactly how I feel about sisters both the good and the anxieties I have about having two girls ;D.

"A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves - a special kind of double."  ~Toni Morrison


"Sisters is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship."  ~Margaret Mead


"There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me."  ~Mary Montagu

"When mom and dad don't understand, a sister always will."  ~Author Unknown

I love my sisters so much and excited for Sydney to have the same blessing throughout her life.

December Pictures

Between the tree, gingerbread houses, snow fun, and other activities, I wanted to share a few pictures before we leave for the holidays!

Happy 2 Wynn!

Wynn grew up and decided to turn 2! He definitely has a little personality growing. He doesn't usually let people push him around but he's a very sweet boy too :) He still loves his cuddles and will put my hand on his back or hair to rub them. He adores Sydney and follows her everywhere she goes. He likes to try to sing and dance now but only says "yo, yo, yo, yo" over and over again and spins around. His vocabulary has exploded in the past few months and I can't even count the number of words he knows. He plays really well with older kids and is bounds ahead of most kids his age in social interaction... which makes it really hard that he can't stay at preschool with Sydney because he REALLY likes it there and wants to stay every time we drop her off. When we have play dates with kids his age, he seems pretty confused and gets frustrated at their inability to play with him. His favorite foods are GRAPES, Macaroni, applesauce, apples, and anything either I or Sydney have. He has an awesome belly laugh and loves to play games. On his birthday every time someone mentioned it was his birthday he would just shout, "No." He doesn't perform for others, so if you ask him how old he is, to dance, to say the prayer he'll just say no most of the time. He likes to make his own decisions and definitely is ready to start growing up like big sister!

Shoveling is a family affair

The snow we've had so far this year hasn't been great for building snowmen or making snowballs; it doesn't stick together. Its a good thing we have kid sized shovels and they are happy enough to dig holes and throw snow around too!