Growing up too fast

My boys are growing up just way too fast!!!


Jackson is 8.5 months old now - he's babbling like maniac, rolling around, so incredibly close to crawling, and is eating finger food. His top 2 teeth just cut through (total count is 4), and another 2 top teeth are close to cutting through. He was diagnosed with a double ear infection last week, so he's on antibiotics for another couple days. Other than one rough night, he's done great! He's growing like a maniac - he's approx 22lbs and 29in already. He's wearing size 5 diapers (!!!) and 12-18 month clothing. He could easily wear 24 month sleepers, but we haven't gotten those out yet, nor have we bought new. Pretty soon we're going to need to though.


Colin is only 3.5 months away from turning 3 years old. How do I have a 3yr old already?!?!? Seriously, time is just going too fast. He's still quite the chatterbox and is getting really good at putting full sentences together. He has an issue substituting "t" sounds for "k" or "ck" sounds, but that's pretty common for kids his age. "S"s are also an issue - he says it fine if it's w/in the word or at the end of the word, but for some reason he has a hard time if "s" starts out a word. For example, to him "snack" comes out as "nack". He'll get it eventually, I'm sure. He can count to 20, and although he knows a few random letters, he's not to interested in learning all of them. But he can sing the ABC song really good ;) And potty training.... well, that's not really happening in this house. I've tried to get him interested - sticker charts, M&M's, but nothing has worked. It doesn't keep me from trying though! He won't go to kindergarten in diapers, right? LOL


Here's some cute pics of the boys. I know I'm biased, but I think they're awfully cute. I should mention that Colin's new fun thing to do is to join Jackson in his crib when he wakes up from his morning nap. They have fun and it's so cute to watch!

And here's video of them having fun in the crib. You'll notice that Colin prefers to be the center of attention ;) I had a much better video of them "talking" to one another, but it came out too dark for some reason. This one will have to do!

A couple weeks ago, Colin was running and took a spill on the sidewalk. He got up and kept on running ahead of us. Neither Scott nor I even knew he hurt his nose until we got to the playground and saw his nose bleeding. He's a tough guy! This pic is after 3 days of smothering it with Aquaphor (love that stuff!):

And seriously, can Jackson ever stop smiling - I swear he's one of the happiest babies I've ever seen:

A couple days ago I had both boys on my bed while I was folding clothes. And guess what? They were wrestling already!

But they did break for a smile:

And a video from that morning - Jackson loves being tickled!