this guy is amazing. he balanced there for quite some time. this is his new favorite thing to do..  slam dunk himself.

 

thanksgiving valen ate two white rolls and a cup of milk... he was not interested in anything else, even though i know he was very very hungry. he politely refused all the goodness!

 

this is what he does with his baby food in a jar. no need for a spoon, just some squash straight up.

we were at a birthday party for a two year old friend of dahlia and valens and valen was being oh so cute the entire time. there was quite a bit of chasing on my part, but he has much fun being cute and exploring. this was one of the only times he sat still for more than 10 seconds. 

 Valen is a very smiley, happy guy. he talks a lot more now and has so many faces. especially at meal times, he gets super silly and is very entertaining. 

in the morning valen wakes up before us and when he does, he doesnt cry ( usually) he just starts jabbering on and on, sometimes for an hour or more.... depending on how tired we are and if dahlia sleeps in too. how wonderful is that?! he does that after his naps too....well most days, unless his nap was too short, then he cries right away.

i know everyone thinks their kids are cute.. but gosh these kids are REALLY REALLY CUTE!! (=