Delaney Alina is Fifteen Months Old - 10.31.2020

Delaney Alina is fifteen months old!

This past month, Delaney has started walking like a pro! She's been able to stand herself up from sitting for a while now, and she's able to bend down and pick things up and keep walking.

Delaney has picked up a few new words like "wow," "bubba" (refers to her bear and her belly button and pretty much anything else she points to), "Coco" (not sure what use that has!), "da-duh" (Daniel Tiger), "wah muh" (Walmart?), "ah puh" (apple and any other fruit), and probably some others. She certainly babbles a lot!

Delaney's teeth on the top next to the middle ones are starting to poke through as well. 

Delaney can do a little wiggly dance and bend her knees in response to the question: Can you jump? She can also take off her shirt if it's too big!

Delaney has a favorite bear she calls Bubba and has stolen him from the other two kids who also love him. We tried to offer a brand new, super soft koala, but there's a clear favorite!

We are excited to see how this girl continues to blossom in the months to come!

Everett Matthew is Three Years Old

Everett Matthew is three years old!

We're so grateful that this wonderful boy joined our family 3 years ago today!

Everett is a sweet, gentle boy. He loves to be a helper and sit close to mommy. He likes playing with his sisters. 

Everett knows all his letters upper and lower case. He can read and spell "no," "open," "break," "dog," and "cat." He can often guess other words like "Happy birthday" (on a birthday card) and remembers words in books we've read lots of times (he loves to read certain books over and over!). He's currently into Piggie and Gerald books and we read them over and over. And over! He loves Daniel Tiger, Mickey Mouse, and The Wiggles. He likes to play minesweeper and thinks the goal of the game is to find the mines (actually, we have it set on garden mode, so they're ladybugs!)

Everett is starting to understand adding numbers, particularly if he can add on his fingers. He seems to be good at memorizing addition facts. He can count to 40 or so, but he skips 17 and 18. He knows them both, but forgets them in order. He just started saying eleven correctly, instead of "we-weh-ben." So sad. He also started saying the letter "L" correctly instead of a "W" sound. And he corrected his pronunciation of the "F" sound (instead of "B"). It's great that he's able to correct himself, but his wrong pronunciations are so so cute! 

Now that he's three, Everett gets to start going to preschool a few hours a week! We're hoping for some fun play time instead of sitting all morning while mommy works.

Being at home so much in the past several months, potty training has been great. Everett has no more issues and we've liked not having to be out in public places while potty training, so there's that!

Everett likes getting the mail and really enjoys collecting coupons and envelopes. He likes waterfalls - or even just the rushing parts of a river or creek. Everett likes game shows like Floor is Lava, Minute to Win It, and Game of Games. He still likes all sports too. He loves to know the names of the competitors and cheer for them to win. 

What a great kid!

We planned to meet at a park today, but the local forest fire is making the air yucky and smoky. So we had some fun at our house.