some how the kids ended up in my room jumping on the bed and then snuggling up with the covers..... so adorable. i just love this picture!

Valen and Dahlia love to play with this lamp shade. they both wear it as a hat and try to take it from each other. it really is hillarious to watch them fighting over a lamp shade! he just wants to be like her in everything though. whatever she does, he will do it too.

Valen is really into feeding himself. unfortunately i am not. he makes such a mess (as of course babies do) but dahlia was not like him at all. at this age she would just let me feed her and it kept the messes to a minimum. then once she could actually do it, then we let her do it  a lot. i am convinced that dahlia is going to be so much like me and valen like his daddy. he is already showing signs of it. uses his left hand more (i have read that it isnt usually obvious till later in life, but still (= ) diving off furniture, being the comedian.... he just has a mind of his own and doesnt keep within the limits of anything. dahlia is so much more controlled. she is a wild girl, but has some sense of consequence. he is actually a bad influence on her (= they both love the bath tub and would take a bath every hour if  i let them. but they were both in there standing in front of it, and valen started to climb in. not once has dahlia ever even tried that. but as soon as valen got his leg up there, dahlia joined in of course.  i know kids are curious at all times, but it is funny how different both of them are and how they react to each other. it is just way too much fun in this house!