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August 30, 2007
The Funny Things Kids Say
So tonight we were all sitting in the living room and I made some kind of comment about how much the baby was moving. I didn't realize Jaron was paying any attention to me (he is really good at eavesdropping) until he said, "I want to eat the baby". This caught me off guard and didn't know what he was talking about, or if I had even heard him correctly, so I just said, "Uh, we don't eat babies." To which Jaron insisted, "But I want to eat the baby!" Ok, so I HAD heard him correctly, but still had no idea what he was talking about so I just said, "Why do you want to eat the baby?" Jaron replied, "Because I want the baby in MY tummy!" Oh boy! Thankfully, Jaron didn't ask anymore questions after I said that the baby was not in my tummy because I ate it. I am not ready to have THAT conversation for many years to come!!
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August 29, 2007
First Day of Preschool
Today was Jaron's first day of preschool. Yes, my little boy is growing up! He is going to a half day, one day a week preschool that meets at our church. I think that he enjoyed himself, or at least he says he did. Of course, I am sure it helped that 4 of the other 13 kids in his class are his cousins, and his aunt was the helper for the day. Here he is sporting his first backpack - he was pretty excited about it!
Back at home, Elias and I were able to spend some quality time together. It was interesting to see how easy it was to take care of him without his brother around. Even though Elias loves Jaron, I think that he enjoyed being able to play with toys the way he wanted to without being told he was doing it wrong, and being able to sit and read books with me and turn the pages without being yelled at for turning them before I had finished reading the page! So I think that Elias may begin to look forward to preschool days just as much as Jaron!
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August 16, 2007
Updates on the Kids
I was starting to feel blog guilt again for not posting anything in 2 months. But life has continued to be busy so why should I feel guilty? In fact, I am not even going to apologize this time!
Jaron just had his 3rd birthday on the 9th. Happy belated birthday Jaron! He is at a fun age right now and is definitely my little helper. Of course, he has no idea how MUCH of my little helper he is going to HAVE to be in a few months from now! He is really into trains right now and so we had a Thomas the Train birthday party for him with family and his 2-day-short-of-being-life-long-friend Caleb and his family. It was a lot of people, but Jaron handled it all pretty well.
Elias is growing bigger by the day. He turned 1 back in June and we had a big birthday party for him with friends and family. It was special to see how many people already care so much for our little guy.
Sometimes he seems so grown up. He is quite the walker now and is saying a few words - truck, dog, please, more, shoe, ball, bye, dada, and mom. He is obsessed with trucks and sounds so cute when he uses his deep voice to say "truck" whenever he sees one. He and Jaron get along pretty well and found more and more things to do together. Jaron is not always patient with him though, when he doesn't play they way that Jaron thinks a game should be played. But for the most part, they enjoy being with one another.
And last, but not least, there is our yet to be named child growing bigger (and making ME bigger) each day. He/she (once again we are not finding out the sex) has not given me much trouble, which I am very thankful for. Our baby is getting more active, but still not as active as I remember Elias being. It will be interesting to see how our family dynamics change once he/she arrives in November. Here are some pictures taken last week at my 24 week appointment.
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