My two are two

104 weeks sure go fast!  :)  Happy birthday to my 2 lucky charms!  They've both changed so much, especially in the last month...so many new discoveries and new words.  We're having a lot of fun!

This is their "teddy bear" shot last year and here's one I took this morning...where did my chubby little babies go?

 Some fun facts about Sophia, age 2:

• She wuvs her daddy!  This one's a daddy's girl!
• She's great at letters, loves reading them out loud even if she does read them backwards sometimes.  (The other day she said "A-S-U"...she was reading USA, in her order)
• She likes to assign things to people...for instance...every time we read a book, if there are balloons or flowers, animals, or cars...she will assign the pink, purple or red ones to herself, the rest are either Da-jubs or Mama's or Dada's...Nana and Aunt Ninny do get a balloon or flower sometimes, too...ha!
• Her conversations are getting super funny at this age, dinner is so much fun b/c I can't wait to hear the day's recap :)
• Favorite foods: all veggies (except asparagus), ketchup, most fruit,  hummus, spaghetti ("Sta" as they call it) and red velvet cake!

Jacob, age 2:

• Luckily, I get one, too!  This one's all mama's!  :)
• His Favorite Song: "Colors of the Rainbow" from Signing Time.  He signs along and it is the cutest thing in the world!  He has quick hands! 
• He loves to line things up...lines up his cars, blocks, crayons.  Maybe it's a boy thing? The other day we went to check the mail and they love putting acorns inside the postal boxes (the big ones meant for packages) When we were about to leave I went to empty them & noticed Sophia's acorns laying any which way, while Jacob's were nice n tidy...all lined up. I had to smile.  :)
•  He's very patient.  Sophia is more particular on which crayons, cars, trains, etc that she plays with....but he is fine playing with the other ones *most* of the time. He's also quick to hand things over if she's upset and wants something he has.  Nathan and I've always noticed that Sophia is very nurturing to him in other ways, like she'll bring him his lovey and pacifier if he's upset, or she'll bring him a drink if she gets one for herself.  I think this might be his way of taking care of her.

I hope they always take care of each other....and are the best of friends some day.  Happy birthday sweet babies, mommy love you bunches!

Massage therapy

Evey winter Jacob's eczema flares up...his is not too bad--I've definitely seen worse, but he does get huge dry patches on his back and legs.  Poor little guy, it bugs him but we just slather on the Eucerin at night and that's helped a lot. Well, he doesn't seem to mind, in fact, it's now a ritual...he can't goto sleep w/out his evening massage.  :)  He just says "Shu-shin" (lotion) and lays down in the same spot in his room, ready for rub down! And he's not ok with 1 or 2 minutes either, it's gotta be at least 5-10 minutes.  He'll just keep saying "more shu-shin, back".

Sissy has jumped on the bandwagon, too (though her skin is fine).  It's just such a funny sight to me; 2 babies that bounce off the walls all day....are calm and perfectly still, enjoying some massage therapy.  Who wouldn't?  They're bearly 2 but they've got the important things in life all figured out. :)