gweh.

“gweh.” that is maddoxese for “i don’t know.” but it’s so much more than just that. he wants to answer you, but doesn’t quite have it in his mind. he wants to say something and appear like he knows. tonight, for instance, don was helping him say nighttime prayers.

[don] “i’ll start and you say who you want to thank God for.”

[M] “ok.”

[don] “dear lord, thank you for this great night. and we thank you for…”

[M] “gweh.”

secondly and not related, cora’s new-found friends are her feet. she has played with them and sucked the toes for a couple weeks now but she loves to clap them now. no hands, see here. it is hilarious. why does she do this? gweh. like the tie-together?

two firsts

i’m sure there have been more firsts than two, but here are two good ones:

MADDOX had his first day with no nap two days ago. he just didn’t sleep. when i went in, he said “good morning. milk?”  i always heard about this from other moms and dreaded it. i do think he is getting less energy out with the boot on for his leg so maybe that was it. he stayed in his room for 2 hours though. then he slept 3 hours yesterday. go figure. he definitely needs daytime sleep. i will not even consider giving it up til at least 3 yrs old!

CORA has been enjoying real food. oatmeal is definitely preferred to green veggies but that is what she has had so far. so far, she is much messier than her bro before her – don’t always know how much gets into her and how much is everywhere else. here is her first try with the oatmeal cereal…

rewinding

in case you missed our spring and first half of summer, here it is. maddox is more and more talkative, funny, independant and endearing with each passing day. cora is more happy, chubby, fun and beautiful with each passing day. we hope to be more specific about that in our next post but for now, here are pics that tell the stories…

tiny babe

madlew is two

brother and sister

snow in march, easter, firsts with cora, & gorgeous portraits of both kids

beach trip in may!