It's been a long time since I've written, but I decided that I'm going to try to start up again. Mostly because it just feels good getting my thoughts out of my brain and onto "paper".
Summer is nearing an end (YAY!) We got a preview of fall last week, but summer seems to be back in full force today. I'm so ready for cooler weather, pretty leaves and pumpkin everything! I mean really, when am I not ready? It's the best season, hands down.
James is getting so big. He'll be 10 months old in just a few short days. Wasn't he just born? He's got 4 teeth, which all came in at the same time. Let me tell you...that was a blast. He's also crawling. He army crawls all over the place and he can move fast! He gets up on his hands and knees, but just prefers to stick to the army crawl. Still waiting for him to sit himself back up from laying down and to pull up, but I don't mind. It'll come with time, and I don't want him growing up too fast. He's my baby!
He loves food. He prefers vegetables over fruit. He has been sampling a lot of table food, and loves it. He was very happy the other day when I gave him a small piece of Oreo to try. Like any baby, when he decides he's finished he just tosses everything from his tray onto the floor, because he knows how much I love picking it back up.
He's happy go lucky until he needs something. He'll go to pretty much anyone. He thinks the vacuum is awesome. He is determined to try and "eat" every cord he can get his hands on. He knows when he's being ornery and giggles and grins when we catch him. Silly boy.
Then there's my big kid. Daniel is just 3 months away from turning 4. Again, where is the time going!?
He's so darn smart. I'm just amazed at all that he knows and understands. He's picking up on a lot of words and can read them when he sees them. He is learning basic addition. There are just so many things that impress me!
We've also struggled our way through the 3's. It's been rough. We've dealt with defiance, tantrums, anger and volatile behavior when he doesn't get what he wants. He's had good patches and bad patches. It's so hard as a parent to know what to even do at times. Although, this last week or so I feel we've had some improvement!
Let's see. He LOVES CATS (as in Caterpillars...the construction kind). He can instantly tell when we see construction work if the machine is a CAT or not even if they're the same color. We're going to have a Caterpillar themed birthday this year. It's funny thinking back to before I became a mom. I didn't know what I would do if I had boys. Trucks, and super heroes seemed so boring and stupid to me. It turns out, you just kinda learn to enjoy the things your kiddo likes. I think it's cute how much he loves them. (Although...when he points out each one as you're driving it gets a tad annoying). He also loves railroad crossings. Yep. Not the actual trains (although he enjoys those too), but he's obsessed with railroad crossings and driving over the tracks. Also annoying at times when he's pointing them out, but I've gotta admit, I've gone out of my way more than once to drive over some tracks just to hear him get excited!
He is starting preschool this week...and I might shed a tear or two, but mostly I'm just really excited for him! I never thought at 3 that I would put my kids in preschool, but he needs this. We went to his open house last Thursday. He got to meet his teachers and see his room. We stayed quite awhile because I wanted him to get used to the room. He gets scared in new situations. I started talking up preschool a month ago because I knew it would be scary for him. The first time we talked about it, he sobbed. It broke my heart. I'm praying so hard that he loves it. I know he may have some meltdowns at first, but hopefully he'll get used to it all, and be okay. I know he'll end up having fun!
His teacher called me Friday after meeting him and wanted to know if we'd like to move him to the 4 year old class, because he seemed so advanced to her. She was afraid he may get bored since he can already recognize letters and numbers and write his name. Ultimately, he would be ready academically, but socially and emotionally speaking we don't think he's ready. So he'll start in the 3's and we'll evaluate it in a few months and he may move up at some point.
I also told Jacob I was so excited because I got to sign up to bring things to class parties! First of many! Haha! Plus he got a book order form. Woohoo!
I'm just so thankful for those little boys. Some days are so stressful and I just want to run away. Other days are so worth it and I know that God picked these two out especially for us. I wouldn't want it any other way.
