valen is the sweetest friendliest little guy i know. i just cant explain how much i just love that little boy. he makes me smile all the time! so far he doesnt really do anything bad.... im sure that isnt too far away, but for now it is nice. sure he climbs on everything and might get into something on the counter, but he is never blatently rebelious or naughty yet. only dahlia is right now (:

he has an obsession with cards. any type of cards or puzzle pieces. dahlia got some flash cards with sesame street characters on them for christmas and he will carry all of them around in his hand and have so much fun passing them off to one of us or just looking at them. as if they are some sort of card collection and he is proud of them. the other night he even insisted on taking them to bed with him. 

he is talking a lot more lately also. he says uncle and narner  (warner) awa for water (which sounds like agua) and plenty others. he isnt afraid to try and talk, dahlia barely talked till she was at least two years old! they are so different!

he has always been a great sleeper and has continued to be so far. we recently tried putting dahlia and valen in the same room at night and he loved it. such an easy transition for him. dahlia on the other hand had some serious issues with it. she even woke him up in the middle of the night screaming and i just put him back in his room alone and he had no complaints. we are so glad for this! he is such a go with the flow sort of guy. 

my favorite thing is when he brings me books. he will plop himself down right on my belly or if i am lying down, my neck. so cute. he will just stay there for the longest time, forcing me to read the same books over and over and over..... usually books that annoy me(= but i just cant get enough of him snuggling me, he really is such a sweetie and i and i can barely stand it! (: