chubby wubby little boy

sammy's sooooo chubby! he has these cheeks that are made for kisses and pinching:) it's very difficult to resist the lure of chubby little cheeks:)








these pics were fun to take...i put the camera on the floor and just snapped away...sammy was vveeerryyy interested in the little black thing that had flashy lights.

oliver loves babies, which is why sammy gets to pet him so much more than audrey and jack, whom he runs from because they squeal whenever they see him. what a wussy pussycat:)






he chews on EVERYTHING!! he prefers hard plastic things and fingers. oh and oliver's tail:)

hugs

the kids have started to understand that "hugs mean love"- something we've been telling them every time we hug them. they've finally started to learn that hugs can also mean from sibling to sibling, not just parent to child:)

the demise of the fort

sooo...the couch cushions are perfect for fort building, much to audrey's enjoyment. the only thing is, jack doesn't quite understand the duck and crawl aspect of the fort. the following pictures chronicle the demise of the fort and a very happy little boy:)

audrey was sooooooo mad at jack after he destroyed the fort. she ran off into their room to sulk and jack just sat on the couch after i put the cushions back. needless to say, this game is not be played again until jack can appreciate the art of fort building:)

cute as a bug!

jack picked up a book, pulled us over to sammy, and insisted we read. then he took the book from daddy and read to sammy by himself:)

sammy with his daddy on a beautiful new couch!

jack took these pics of sammy- not too bad for a toddler:)

funny little monkey boy

they're playing pirate and looking through their "spotting scopes"- i was lucky to get this pic, they kicked me out of their room right after:)

jack really likes to brush his teeth. he'll carry the toddler toothpaste around and squeeze it onto his toothbrush. he says "eeee" and "ahhhh" and actually brushes! i think he brushes about ten times a day:)

it took him about fifteen minutes to figure out how to sit like this without falling off the chair in the process of turning around. he was so proud of himself afterwards. he kept saying "i di it"!

jacob came home wearing his hat and jack just took it from him, put it on and wouldn't take it off:) he loves his daddy. when jacob's home, jack just follows him around the place.

this is the aftermath of just one thin mint girl scout cookie- one very very happy little boy:)

our sunshine girl

this is audrey in one of three princess dresses courtesy of nana ou:) she loves this one- it has glitter on it and she thought they were little stars:)

audrey had a "fun visit" at the dentist- they have kids come in and introduce them to the chair and let them play with the equipment. they give the kids balloons and audrey would not put hers down...not even to go potty, we had to talk her out of sleeping with it:)

she was helping me tape up some letters onto the wall when she discovered that tape made a pretty cool belt :)

i taught her how to dance while standing on our feet...i love this pic of her and jacob...it will be the first of many daddy-daughter dances:)

the kids have no bones in their little noses. i tried this and it's not as comfortable as the kids make it seem:)

just can't get enough

the kids really crack me up:) the pic of audrey lying on jacob- it's this game she made up. she calls it "sleep on daddy" and everything comes off her bed and onto her daddy:) the pic of her with her hands in a bowl- she's helping me mix the gnocchi dough together. the pics of the kids with the doll strollers- they chase each other around the house with them. it's pretty funny, especially since jack likes to collect things along the way. one day he had roar (his lion), his sippy cup, blocks, the mommy duck, and sunglasses in his stroller. apparently, they needed a ride around the apartment:)

first bite

sammy had his first bite of rice cereal yesterday!! his reaction surprised us- it was the complete opposite of audrey and jack, but so in keeping with his personality. audrey wouldn't open her mouth, jack cried, and sammy just smiled:) after the first few spoonfuls, he decided that he wanted to hold the spoon, and that just amazed us. he actually was able to direct the spoon into his mouth! well, i guess we should have known- sammy's fingers are always in his mouth:)

by request

so, apparently, someone said that i didn't post enough pics this time around (nana ou), so i'm putting up more, just for her:) the kids are so amazing...they just invent little games to play with each other. i asked audrey if she wanted a friend to come and play, and she told me, "no, i play with guy":) that made me so happy! they like each other! even better, they both like sammy! one of their favorite things to do is help us get sammy in the morning. they like to watch him in the crib:) life doesn't get much better than this









this last pic of jack- he's standing on the kids' potty, holding part of the vaccum cleaner as his "sword" and saying "argh":) very victorious:)

funny little weirdos

the minds of two toddlers are very fascinating:) audrey and jack come up with the strangest little games and they just laugh themselves silly at their goofiness. the first pic is going to take some explaining- we have a microwave stand that has a cabinet underneath. audrey was removing everything from it when she discovered that the shelf could also be a little hidey-hole for koopa and blanket. the next thing i knew, she was inside the cabinet:) she had stuffed herself into the shelf along with her precious toys. i didn't even say anything when i saw her. i just ran for the camera:) the second pic is of her and jack sitting in the bottom kitchen cabinets with their sunglasses. they were just talking to each other and rambling on about something hysterically funny. apparently, i wasn't in on the joke:) and then there's sammy, who's the smiley-est baby ever! this kid just never stops smiling!