i love being with my babies! they are both so sweet and fun. i never would have imagined i would ever feel this way a few years ago, but it is true... i love mommying (= everything they do makes me happy! it is crazy. i started singing "you are my sunshine" to dahlia a long time ago and i would change the words to say, "you make me happy all the time" instead of "when skies are gray". even when she is throwing a fit because she wants more banana or when she keeps wacking valen in the head, i still am happy that she is mine and that she is learning and growing and i get to teach her how to be a beautiful woman of God! and i get to be her mom for the rest of her life!

she is so goofy and playful, all she wants to do is play play play and then some more playing... oh ya and eating in between. she LOVES to eat! she will not stop unless i take her out of her chair and totally distract her, she just wants more and more even when she is stuffed! just recently she started liking the foods we eat. it is so nice to just make more of what i am eating so that she can have some. but when i am eating things like carrots or granola she doesnt understand that it isnt something she can have. she never seems to want my spinach salad though.. hmmm (=

when i am trying to lay valen down for a nap she will follow me around the house carrying books or toys (noisy ones) and wants me to play with her.. it is so cute, but annoying cuz she is talking really loud and is two steps behind my every move. but he is getting better at falling asleep even though she is talking our ears off, so that is nice!

whenever she falls down (which is a lot) she always wants me to smooch her owie. she will barely stub her toe and then get up on the couch to show me, then she tries to stick it in my face, a little awkward when i am feeding valen but still adorable!

she LOVES changing her clothes! multiple times a day she will bring me something from her dresser drawer and want me to put it on her. she is such a girl (= she also takes her clothes out of her dresser and will sometimes throw them over the gate into the kitchen... that is where we throw her dirty clothes so i think she thinks she is helping.... just helping me have more laundry to wash (=

Valen is sweet and cute in different ways of course. he loves it when i smile at him and talk to him, it makes him giggle and smile back! he loves it when dahlia gets in his face and talks to him, he giggles at her too! she is always touching his face.. pointing out that he has eyes is her favorite thing right now. when she gets excited she will hit him in the head while i am feeding him, sometimes leaving a mark )= but he doesnt usually notice.. well he doesnt cry anyways.

when i hear him wake up at night, sometimes it is a cry but most of the time it is just noises, it is hard to get out of bed, but then when i pick him up... i am so happy! he is so snuggly and precious i just dont seem to mind anymore after i see his cuteness (=

he is 2 1/2 months now and has changed so much from day one. we are so glad to be over the beginning stage! and by the way justin is a WONDERFUL DAD!!!