Boots & Babies

So a couple of weeks ago I realized my kids needed boots. Here's the truth. I had never bought Adam boots. They seemed like such a big investment for something they wouldn't need much. But the first snow came (late) and served as a wake up call. My kids weren't babies anymore that I carried to the car. They are full on crazy toddlers who run out the door, pushing each other over into the snow. Check out Abbey's new boots. She loved them. Target. Todd and I had talked about getting them rain boots that can be used past the snow and also that are gender neutral and can be passed down. These were half price... Adam LOVES them...here's my boy with his favorite stuffed babies from the old mobile snacking and showing off his boots. Sadly, they are way too big...we walked across the street and the poor kid lost them with almost every step. Sigh. Now I still need to find him something, though this winter has been pretty mild.... So I added these photos because they are great. Abbey was grumpy, despite liking her new boots and was ticked off as she tried to get the last dried apple out of the bag. This picture really shows the miserable side of Abbey...I love it! When this girl is happy, every one knows it. And when she's not, we all know that, too! Abbey doesn't talk as much I thought she would at this age, though she is perfectly normal, she walked so early I guess I thought she'd be having full conversations by now. But the words she whips out are pretty amazing. Her first word besides mama, daada and baba was "Monsters" when she wanted to watch her favorite movie. She says done and stuck and yesterday, while working on her third apple kept saying "apple apple BALL". She loves jewelry, especially her necklaces and I love it when she grabs ahold of one of the zillion of dinosaurs around here and makes it ROOOOOAR at me. Mister Adam in the background watching a truck out the window. He is growing up SO fast. Some of my favorite sayings of his include "Let's talk about it", "There you go, guy" and Two-toppy (triceratops). He calls cereal "Circles" and can pick out words that start with most letters, though he still speaks like Yoda a lot like "Eat me" instead of me eat when he's hungry. He is SO creative and his imagination keeps him up a lot. he's kind of going out of the nap stage, but it's hard because he's too tired when he doesn't nap and not sleepy enough at night when he does. I used to stress out when he didn't sleep in bed, but now I just make his stay in there and rest...and he acts things out with his stuffed animals. He loves his dinosaurs, of course, but loves most animals, pointing their names out and making the noise. He calls alligators...Abbey-gators and though we know we should correct him, it's hard when it's so cute.

Oh, and Abbey kisses are the best. These days, she's handing a few out without prompting, practically bringing Uncle Bobby to tears when she kissed him three times last week. I just got a couple this morning. Makes your heart melt. Right now, she's sitting on the floor setting up her tea set, or as Adam calls it, the coffee set. So girly and so not all in one. She's getting so BIG. She's gone from undersized to the top of the range. She's built like an athlete and plays like one.