Time flies when you're having fun

So now we are about one week away from Miranda being 9 months and just a couple weeks from Jackson being 3!!?!

My baby boy is almost 3. It is so hard on me that he is growing up entirely too fast. We took some pictures this weekend and looking at them he looks so grown up. But I am even more in love with him today than I was 3 years ago. I am lucky to get to work from home and on those days we start the day pretty much the same way lately. I hear him come out of his room and walk over to my side of the bed. I lean down and pick him up in bed. He proceeds to tell me "it is light now" meaning the sun has risen and therefore he can wake up. I have no idea how he made this connection but he did and it makes me smile. I should also say that when he comes in he brings his entourage of bed things, which would include his blanket, his elephant, his airplane pillow. Sometimes he has to go back for buzz lightyear and cat in the hat but usually those get to sleep in. And other times he comes in with his books that he sleeps with and wants me to read. He has learned how to play tennis and loves to go outside with his racket. He loves being outside in general playing, running, helping daddy and papa do yard projects. His appetite has waned recently but I think that is from his constant readiness to play. He loves to do puzzles and read. We also have some educational dvds that teach the alphabet and sounds, which he loves to watch. It cracks us up cause he tries to recreate some of the scenes- like the T does a tap dance with a top hat and cane. So he gets his explorer hat and a drum stick and dances around in circles. He still amazes me with his vocabulary and memory. He is such a sweet big brother. A couple weeks ago, Papa had given him some change for his piggy bank and on his own he came into Miranda's room and asked me to get her piggy bank down and he shared some of his change with her. He is (usually) really gentle and loving with her. Now that the weather is nice we have been going on walks and it is so heartwarming to see the two of them interact sitting next to each other in the stroller. If she has a shirt with writing on it, he tells her the letters. He will make funny faces and laugh for her and she gives him her best laughs.

Miranda is 8 1/2 months and it growing and doing things way too fast for me! She has been crawling for a couple weeks now. And she also started pulling herself up to stand- mostly on mimi's fireplace. She is our small petite little girl. She is such a happy baby like her brother was/is. She sleeps like a dream at night and sometimes surprises us with super long naps. She loves to eat- she pretty much eats all regular food just cut up small or mashed whatever we are having. She hates to be alone and always wants to be able to see us. I love that when I come home from work her face lights up and she will squeal with excitement. She is Daddy's little girl. And her brother is the most awesome person in the world to her. She loves to talk and scream (happily) the day away. She is already figuring out how to drive Jackson crazy by playing with all of his toys. Yesterday he was finishing up his lunch in the stroller as we walked and she reached right over and grabbed a piece of it and ate it!! He wasn't too pleased.

I am so thankful and blessed to have them both and they teach me so much about life and myself.