The kids

I love my kids!! They seriously are so awesome. Despite the fighting and hitting and stealing that occurs on occasion, they really are so good to each other. 

Andi is a little chatter box. She seriously just jabbers the day away. We are starting to understand almost everything she says too.  She is still in love with her purse and it currently is holding a pink cell phone, a princess wallet, and a mini my-little-pony. She plays with her dolls every day and loves swaddling them, stuffing as many as she can in her stroller, and just dragging them around by one arm. Reading books is still another favorite and she'll usually only let me get through a page or two before she decides she just wants to go sit on the floor and "read" to herself. Her little tantrums are becoming fewer and she is still a generally pretty content little thing. She can entertain herself for hours. She is getting a little bossy and likes to tell other little kids what to do, and sometimes not so little kids too. She definitely has the mothering instinct in her. :)

Carter loves playing school. He will grab a bag/purse/backpack and tell me he's headed for school. He'll go walk into another room for a few minutes and then come out and tell me what he did at school. Usually he's taken a test, ate lunch, and played basketball. Whenever Jefferson comes home and changes out of his "work" clothes, he ends up in sweats or basketball shorts, so without fail Carter has to get into his basketball shorts too, and a round of basketball usually ensues. Carter loves wrestling with Andi, and Andi is usually a willing participant. Carter is still a jumper and his new thing is he'll stand up on something, the coffee table, window seal, or couch and tell us to "watch my toes!" He'll then jump off and go into a little hand stand/break dance stall with his feet in the air. It's totally funny. 

Another favorite pastimes of ours is bug watching outside. We have been sitting out for hours this week just looking for ants. We sing ALL day long too. Andi is usually singing her ABC's. Carter's favorite to sing at the moment is The Wheels on the Bus. Carter and Andi still act quite excited about a little sister coming. Andi points to my belly a hundred times a day saying "baby, baby!" As far as baby girl, she is growing like crazy, or at least my belly is if that's any indicator of her size. And she is one busy little thing. She is going to be a mover and shaker when she comes out. 

I feel so blessed to be a stay at home mom and to be able to enjoy and get to know all the little quirks about my kids. They make me want to be a better person.  Love all three of them!

Thank you to my friend Trista for the cute pictures of my kids!! (moments4everphotography.com)