As of John's 8 month birthday, he had a whopping EIGHT teeth, and that's the count as of today, too. If I remember correctly, Susannah was getting her 3rd tooth at 9 months old... He's ahead of the curve there, for sure! Which I guess makes up for his percentiles being a little lower than we'd like them to be; but the doc says he's a heathy, thriving babe, so we're happy and thankful. One new thing he's doing is giving kisses upon request, and it's so, so sweet. He still could not be happier and is absolutely adored by his sister. Though her constant loving (and occasional scolding, "John Acker! No do dat!") occasionally gets on his nerves, he is so entertained by Susannah's antics, which encourages her silliness like crazy. It's wonderful entertainment!
Susannah's vocabulary has absolutely blown up over the past 2 months. Her two favorite phrases are "Ohhh, that's right!" and "Just one more minute." She's talking in full sentences all the time now and is a little parrot, repeating everything we say; so now we've really got to watch our tongues. It's amazing the little things we say (i.e. crap, dumb, and other accidental words I'd rather not type out) that we don't even realize and don't want our little ones taking to church nursery! One of my favorite verses is Proverbs 18:21, "The tongue has the power of life and death..." We need to be really careful that not only are our words adding to the LIFE of our children, but that the words they repeat to their little friends are adding life to them! That's a real convicting and challenging lesson.
We were also so happy that Pops and Figgy came for a visit in February! Susannah and John had the BEST time with them (as did Pete and I), and Susannah even had a bunkmate in her Figgy! (Had I mentioned that Susannah now has bunkbeds?) Susannah now often says, "Toodaloo!" thanks to Figgy. It's the cutest!
And now for the picture highlights (in no particular order):
Susannah and Daddy went on a fancy date to the Daddy-Daughter Banquet! AND I COULD HAVE DIED THEY WERE SO CUTE.
See? I MELTED UNTIL I ALMOST DIED.
And this is where I almost died again, right before they left.
John's not loving the seating arrangement here.
Ready to be in the woods!
The just about summarizes our boy's personality perfectly. So happy and excited all the time!
These two buds...
Susannah is practicing to be a flower girl this summer!
Baking and smiling HARD about it.
She loves to look at books by herself now before falling asleep at naptime and ends up falling asleep with the book.
Loving life!
My pretty girl!
The boy loves the swing more than anything in life (besides his mommy).
Hanging out in her bunk bed!
Tickling the ivories
We had some snow at some point over the past 2 months...?
"Fing owl towel!" (that's "swing" owl towel in Susannah.) These kids love for Daddy to swing them every single night after dinner in this one particular towel.
Out to dinner with Figgy and Pops!
And a fun video for you, too:
Here's hoping it won't be all that long before I post again!
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