January...

 January was a month of sickness beginning (and continues into February) and the somewhat beginning of potty training 101.

Lulu you are so funny about potty training. You love to wear your panties but the two days we did it you had only 1 accident but yet you also never went potty in the potty. You would wait for nap times/bed times and go then. It was so funny. We didn't get to bothered and for now you are back in diapers until you are ready.

You are starting to put 2 words together. It is melting our hearts each time. You get really focused when putting two words together. Shay and I have become quite the interpreters. It's amazing b/c I used to babysit little ones and never understood anything they said. Their mom and dads would come home and know every little foreign word they would say. I always used to think, I hope I can do that someday. Now...I get it. You just know what they are saying. You know that "teet you" is thank you. And that "swide" is slide. There are so many other words that have been "lulu-ized" and we know them all.

Belle you are walking. You are a quick walker. You are practically running already in an effort to always be up with sissy. I also think you are making "noises" like you are wanting to talk. You say uh-oh and yeah and try your best to say sissy. You are so so so joyful. Like so full of joy and energy. You are always on the move and love to wrestle, play, run, get into anything and yet you can sit with 10 books and look from page to page all by yourself. You are a leader by nature, we think. You have an awesome mullet and each day it just gets better.

You two are just peas in a pod. I love that I can honestly already see a sweet friendship with you two. Belle, you don't know what to do without Lulu around and Lulu immediately wants to take care of you when she wakes from a nap. You melt our hearts just watching the way you two love each other.

Lulu's hair is a bit out of control in front so most days  we just get it out of her face. I'm wimpy and don't want to cut it yet. 

This picture just makes me laugh. 

Those eyes...

Panties! 

Lu, they were a bit big so we tightened them with a rubber band in the back. You were rockin' with your boots. 

they love getting rides in the laundry basket by daddy. 

biz, got croup and had to do a nebulizer 4 times a day. this particular night she was just pooped!