Faith 2 Years 6 Months

It seems crazy that my baby is 2 1/2 years old. While on one hand I'm glad she is half-way to three, as I'm hoping her behavior will improve when she gets out of the terrible twos, but on the other hand I'm sad that she is growing up so quickly.

She still loves to play with her baby dolls. Whenever you ask her what she wants to play, she tells you babies. She lines then up on blankets for naps, feeds them, burps them, wipes off their entire bodies with baby wipes when they poop, and is so loving to them. She likes real babies a lot too. She is always wanting to hold babies at church or when we see Cole and Kira.

She is still doing really well with potty training. She only asks for jelly beans occasionally now. Pull-ups are still a must for nap and bedtime, but during the day she has only had one or two accidents.

She continues to be having sleep issues. She and Bryce can't start off sleeping in the same room because they talk and keep each other up. Bryce is now starting off the night in our bed and we move him into his own bed when we go to sleep. Faith still continues to wake me up screaming 2-4 times a night. Often all I have to do is cover her up or find her binky, but it means I loose out on a lot of sleep.

Bryce 4 Years 9 Months

Bryce continues to be really into Dinosaur Train. He says he might be a Paleontologist when he grows up. He can sing the whole theme song and can tell you facts on at least a dozen different dinosaurs, knows what an herbivore, carnivore and omnivore are, and knows the names for different period of time, such as the Cretaceous period. The amount he absorbs, understands, and can explain is incredible.

He is still really enjoying school. He seems to hang out with the same group of kids, Mason (his best buddy), Andrew, Miles, Garrett, Chloe, Zoey, Maddy (his crush), and Ezmia. Most of these kids stay for respite time so he has really seemed to bond with them. He doesn't like that they won't be at his school next year when they are all in Kindergarten.

Bryce's behavior has been as much of an issue this tax season as it has been in the past. Maybe he understands a little more that Daddy has to work a lot this time of year, but that once its over he can take time off. Maybe having my mom around all the time also helps.

We are still struggling with where to send Bryce to Kindergarten. He had his evaluation at Rincon Valley and did very well. He is performing at age 5-6 in all categories. It was nice to see that it is not just me being prejudice, but that he really is excelling. We have continued to be impressed with what we see at Rincon Valley Christian, but still wonder if we shouldn't start him out in public school. We'll keep thinking on this.