Things I can do: Say mama, baba, dada Scream if I need your attention Eat a lot – my favorite food so far is homemade chicken and dumplings Army crawl, though I am practicing getting up on all fours and rocking back and forth Make kissing sounds Give sweet, slobbery baby kisses Eat puffs and more…

Davis loves Netflix. His favorite show is Beyblade. His second favorite show is Phineas and Ferb. For a long time I wouldn’t let him watch Phineas and Ferb, but I recently learned that he had been watching it at Nana’s for quite some time. Somehow the “What happens at Nana’s, stays at Nana’s,” was forgotten more…

For the past several months, Davis has wanted Daddy to lay down with him at night, to tell him stories before going to sleep. This has worked out great for me because I have to put Silas to bed and it also gives me a moment of time to myself. However, for the past couple more…

Silas loves baths! He loves to slap the water and splash like a maniac!

Silas is still army crawling. It looks so cumbersome, dragging himself with one arm while pushing himself forward with one foot. He’s gotten really proficient at it. He loves chasing Davis all around the living room while Davis pushes the old metal Chinese Checkers game. He also recently learned to clap. His first clap was more…

A couple of weeks ago, Davis discovered Bakugan. He purchased, with his own money, his first Bakugan creature for $6.50. Not long afterwards, a friend on Facebook posted a photo of at least a couple of dozen Bakugan creatures along with a battle arena that she purchased at a yard sale for $5. When I more…

Kids love forts. I loved forts when I was little. I can remember getting all the ladder back chairs from our dining room table and creating a circle with the seats facing out. I’d get the biggest blanket I could find and drape it over the tops of the chairs. I’d crawl around on the more…

We watched home videos of Davis tonight. They always make me giggle, watching him when he was such a little guy, learning about the world. But after the videos are over, I always feel a little sad, it just happened so fast, he grew up, he’s four, he’ll be five and then before I know more…

I have to go back to school in 10 days. I am having mixed emotions. I think I need to work…I feel more mentally sane and productive when I work, yet having Silas makes me want to just be at home. I realize, now that Davis is 4, how quickly the first year passes. Silas more…

silas slept for 12 hours for the first time last night. i slept for 5.