Evie you are talking more and more, albeit hard to understand to most people, I understand you perfectly fine :) Your favorite thing to do is sit in mommy's lap and squeeze my arms. You follow me around and cry if I don't carry you on my hip everywhere I go. You love to color. If someone isn't listening to you, you will physically turn their face to meet yours and yell louder - we all just think it's hilarious! You ask me for a sucker every day even though I tell you every day we don't have any suckers. You pitch a full blown fit when anyone tells you "no", throwing yourself to the floor, banging your head or biting yourself. You try and get my attention by yelling "Owe!" as if you hurt yourself so I will come running - then you search your legs and arms for any tiny scratch or scab to show me so I'll kiss it. You've developed a sense of humor. You will make funny faces by raising your eyebrows, pulling your cheeks with your fingers or sticking out your tongue. You like it when someone makes faces back :D You eat more than any kid anyone has ever seen. You are the first to sit down and demand food and the last to leave the table. When you're not at the table you are walking around dancing, singing and snacking on something... OR crying for me to hold you. You don't eat your boogers, you give them to me (gee thanks). You don't let anyone else hold you when I'm around. You have been in my bed for the last 4 months because Ethen showed you how to get our of your crib. You can't sleep without touching me. You like to kick and headbutt in your sleep but most of all you LOVE to cuddle, rub arms, pinch cheeks and be closer than close, face to face, nose to nose. You've been called the most adorable little girl in the world... until you pitch a fit. You grow more beautiful every day. You make it hard to say no, without saying a word. You're favorite song is "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".
Ethen, you are so handsome I find myself staring at you, hugging and squeezing you a lot and you don't always like it but sometimes ask me for it. You are very opinionated and extremely smart. You laugh with your mouth wide open and it's contagious. You love to find things that you can put together and take apart. You are obsessed with taping things - I find tape all over the house - the walls, refrigerator, the dog... You love to follow daddy around and help. You love to dig in the dirt and are not afraid of bugs, frogs or worms... you pick them up and carry them around. You also like to help load the washer and dryer and get mad at me if I don't tell you before I do it. Same goes for the dish washer - you have to put the soap in. The iPhone has become your favorite pastime and you beg me for a new game every day. If we say no, you say YES! You like guns, toy guns, guns on tv, the gun app on iPhone that really does nothing but show you different kinds of guns and what they sound like when they are fired - but you LOVE it. You ask me for candy every day (I think this is where Evie gets it). You pick your nose a LOT. You are a fantastic big brother. You play with Evie and boss her around. You create little skits with her, like:
*deep voice*
You - Evie, where's the apple?
Evie - I don't know!!
*high pitched voice*
You - Evie where's the dog?
Evie - I don't know!!
*silly voice*
You - Evie where's mommy?
Evie - RIGHT THERE!
You guys just giggle and laugh and make stuff up like this all the time. Your favorite is to say "hey!hey! Who said that?" while spinning your head side to side like your looking for someone that whispered in your ear.
I love you both more than life itself. I am really nothing without you and your daddy. You make me who I am. You inspire me and fill me with love.
