Running in Circles

:: hazel ::

1. Got a new pair of shoes so she was eager to model for pictures today.

2. Yesterday we walked 4 miles round trip to the mall and she kept saying, "man sitting in the stroller is so hard."

3. Hazel has so much energy that it drives me crazy inside, all the jumping, spinning, building, climbing, running- it makes me really wish we had a backyard to let her just go crazy in.

4. She's been remembering things a lot lately and likes to talk about past events and memories.

5. Our scripture of the week talked about "immortality" so she asked me everyday for a week about death and if I was going to die. it was insightful and tender. She also told me her stuffed puppy died even though we just lost it.

6. Loves to clean up her toys as long as she can do it like mommy does- FAST!

7. She can scooter so fast now and loves to tell herself up the hills "I think I can...I think I can..." its hilarious.

8. She has gotten so much easier at dinnertime and will eat whatever is put in front of her. She still dislikes things of course but mostly avocado and rice.

:: henry ::

1. That look. seriously. his blue eyes and extra long eyelashes. seriously.

2. I weaned him mostly this last week. I decided to go cold turkey and didn't nurse him for 4 days but my milk was not going down so I nursed him once and it all emptied out. now its seriously almost entirely gone but I've been nursing him just before bed for the snuggling. He can go down with or without that one nursing session which I am really proud of.

3. He doesn't like cows milk (just like Hazel) but loves his yogurt and cheese.

4. He can walk up and down the stairs outside now.

5. He loves to hold hands or sit on my lap.

6. Has figured out that his crane and dump truck have wheels and "vrooms" them all around now. how do boys just now how to do that?

7. When he's naughty its usually something going on in the bathroom- throwing things in the toilet, unraveling all the toilet paper, shutting the door behind himself, or climbing up the stool.