treasuring each moment

now that i have gone back to work, i have been trying extra hard to soak up every second i have with kenley and jarrett. they are growing and changing so quickly and i don't ever want to become so busy that i miss out on even the smallest details of their lives. they will only be little once, for this short time. these days are priceless and irreplaceable.

kenley is still an avid golfer. on sundays we pass the golf course on the way to church and before we even get close, that's where she thinks we are going. She says with excitement, "bolf, bolf!" every time :) she has recently develped a hobby of building a "house" with the couch cushions and likes to sit inside with her baby and a blanket and read her books. her vocabulary has increased tremendously and it's fun to hear her immediately repeat words that she hears. she loves to help and do anything that is repetitious. her latest thrill has been helping to wash dishes but she mostly just loves scooping and pouring water from one side of the sink to the other :) literally as soon as we walk in the door, she runs to the table and drags the chair to the kitchen sink. it's pretty funny. isn't she growing up???

jarrett is growing like a weed. he now weighs about 15 pounds. he has become a lot more interactive and he still loves attention. last week he giggled for the first time :) i have been very fortunate in that he has been such a content baby. it really doesn't take much to make him happy. when he is on his belly, he can push his butt up in the air and then use his feet to scoot himself around. this is what he does when he is mad and i have to admit that it's kind of cute and funny to me. he can really move pretty far. he has also become very good at reaching out and grabing things and also focusing hard on things that interest him. most of his toys are still too big for him to really hold since his hands are still little, so right now he plays a lot with his set of keys. i think i will probably be starting him on rice cereal soon. the doctor said i could at 16 pounds...one pound to go! his appetite has really increased lately and he's been waking up more in the night. he was just getting up once, around 4:30 ish, but now it's about 3 times! part of that could be that he hasn't been feeling well as he's had a bad cough. here are some recent pics of jarrett. could he look any more like his father??? :)

the kids have been doing great with the new babysitter, who is wonderful. kenley really enjoys being there and has even napped every day, which i didn't think she would do at first. every time we leave she makes a point to say bye to everyone, even the little dog. the first day she ran right up to it and kept saying "bye, goggy, bye goggy!" just wainting for it to say bye back to her. it was funny :) on the way home, i always ask kenley if she had fun and she goes on and on about the babies and the doggy.

none of us have been feeling well the last few days. i have had a terrible cold for several days now. yesterday was the worst that i have felt, but today i'm feeling slightly better. i can only imagine how miserable my kids feel :( i hate when they don't feel well, especially because they can't tell me.

hope you all are having a great week!