Saturday, February 23, 2013

February Love

This month has been a busy and cold one, but one that has been filled with love!  Porter has been expressing a little bit of sadness over mommy not being able to stay at home with him, so I've been trying to some "special" mommy-son activities...so we made special Valentines for all of his preschool friends and cousins that he adores. 


We've had a couple lunch-dates too.  Still, though, he always asks if his daddy and Emma can join him. He's really a sweet little guy.  The other night, Emma Rose wouldn't come down the stairs to run an errand with us, and I told her we'd just have to leave her.  Porter had none of it.  He scolded me, "Mom, Emma Rose is my very best friend and she is coming with us." He really does love his sister.

And Emma LOVES her new big-girl bed.  Who'd have known that her new bed would actually make her stay in bed at night, rather than crawl out of her crib at 3 EVERY morning for the past 2 months.

Porter loves swimming and has been sad that we don't go to the (outdoor) pool daily.  He BEGGED to go swimming...WITH his sister, so I bravely took them both.  You can see it on their faces: they had an absolute blast!





Porter LOVES to dance, and he's been practicing his moves each night ("My grandma taught me this," he says...and other times, he'll say, "We're the dancers...")  This is just one of his famous dances to one of his favorite songs:


Lots to love around here!

January

I can't believe what an independent little lady Emma Rose is becoming.  She went on a little trip to Santa Barbara with me at the start of the year and we got to have some special mom-and-daughter time while Porter and daddy got to have some man-time.



Both kids are just bursting with personality.  Emma Rose is very into all things dress up.

I caught her changing "Gigi's" diaper.

Corey took Porter bowling when I was in Santa Barbara, and it has become one of his favorite new activities, so when we got back, he took Emma Rose and I to show off his new skills.  What really surprised us all was how strong Emma Rose was, carrying and bowling with the 8-pound ball!



Staying home with the kids, Corey has been great about sending me texts of the kids while I work.  The following are courtesy of Corey and the kids:



Love these kids!