4 years & 8 months

My babies are now 4 years and 8 months old!!! 

Julianne - sass-a-frass!  

On April 19, she turned 4 years old - holy moly.  I can't believe she's 4 already.  I'm  going to guess my post from last year will probably be pretty much the same - except the sass factor has probably quadrupled!  She an intelligent, fun, witty little girl who still loves her lip gloss, princess shoes and dresses, her Barbies, and her rocks and sticks.  At times she has an imagination you wouldn't believe - there always seems to be crocodiles we're stepping over at home, or she likes to tease me that there's snakes or worms in the house because she knows I don't like them.  We often go on "trips" to my room and our bed is the boat or the car. The other day in the car she told me in her matter-of-fact voice "mommies who don't go to work have to live in the ditch."  Whhhhhhat??? When I asked where she got that - she said one of the daycare boys. :-)  But boy, do we struggle with her!!  She is so independent and sassy!!  It's a daily struggle to get her eat, go to bed, change her clothes, brush her teeth, get her coat on to go.  Basically if we ask her to do something and it's not her idea - forget it - she's sassy!  The nightly routine goes something like this - she wants to put her on jammies on by herself, but then gets mad when she can't get them, but then gets even more mad when you ask if you can help her (she can "do it herself"), so tries to get them on by herself again and by the end of a few minutes she on the ground flailing around in a hissy fit.  She's our "spirited" little girl and we love her so much!!!

Silly Willie!

And our Prince William... He's changed so much in the last couple of months.  He's now over 20 lbs and built just like his daddy and grandpa! He's going to be one stud muffin when he grows up!  He started to crawl at 7 months and at now is constantly on the move!  He can pull himself up and is into everything.  He's mommy's little boy right now and is usually found at my feet whining until I pick him up.  He's got the cutest little smile and can melt anyone's heart.  He's still a great eater and loves most food.  He is eating food three times per day plus bottles.  He loves the little Gerber puffs.  He still has great eye-hand coordination and can pick up the Puffs and feed himself.  He still doesn't have any teeth...  He has great hearing and reflexes - one sound will catch his attention and he immediately turns around to find out what it is.  Following his stay in the hospital in January, he had been really healthy - until 10 days ago.  Ever since then, he's been battling a cold, which turned into an ear infection, plus he got his wheeze back and following my post I need to research the rash that he developed yesterday.... uff duh.. .  It's been rough 10 days for Will - and mommy who's been getting up with him every night (sometimes multiple times) and dealing with his whining   But I still can't get enough of his snuggles!!  We love you too buddy!