jacob + avery

Jacob at 42 months old:

He loves all sports and is always playing pretend hockey, golf, soccer, basketball, curling... I love to watch him and listen to his play-by-play commentary.  He's a good eater, good sleeper, is easy to reason with, follows the rules, extremely observant and gets frustrated when he can't get something right the first time.  He looks out for his sister and hovers around her when she's climbing something she shouldn't be.  He used to follow her up the stairs holding her back, just in case.  He loves to read and easily memorizes books.  Likes dressing himself: shoes, zippers and all.  He dances and sings all the songs at library storytime but prefers when the librarian reads.  He watches things carefully.  He loves his Cuski.  We finally had to replace the old one because he was chewed to pieces.  He is a wonderful sharer with his friends and an alright sharer with his sister.  He gives out the sweetest compliments.  He is curious and full of tough questions.
 
Avery at 17 month old:

Avery is so smiley and so shy.  She loves her soother to death and will do almost anything to get it.  If I turn my back on her, I am likely to find her standing on a table, chair or counter top.  She says Mom, Dada, Hailey, Jake, book, bath cheese and snack.  She signs please, more, milk and all done.  She loves to read but only when she picks the book.  Once she has, she's relentless; she will yell "book" at you until you agree to read.  She would love mom to carry her around all day.  To our chagrin, she likes to wake up between 5:30 and 6:30 am.  At home, she has one volume: loud.  She's loud when she's happy, she's loud when she' mad and she loud in-between.  When we're out, she's as quiet as can be.  If someone talks to her, she will look at the ground and remain statue-still.  She loves the bath.  She is a pickier eater but always wants to eat whatever Billy's eating (which is hilarious because Billy is an awful sharer).  She loves to be doing whatever Jacob is doing.  She's always watching him.  She likes to spin in circles until she loses her balance.  she's quick to copy things.
     
These two bring us so much joy.
Being their parents is such a great gift.