Jade started smiling at about 5 weeks but now that she is about 8 weeks she is really expressive. She is so cuddly, beautiful and easygoing.  Thankfully, she is only waking up once in the middle of the night.

Beautiful Girl

Jade is the girl of the hour! Here are a few pictures taken during Jade's first few days. Now, Jade is over two weeks old and she is doing fantastic. She seems so strong and is easy-going. We all just adore her.  We will post more updated photos very soon. She is already growing fast and putting on plenty of weight. Ron and I are exhausted but starting to really enjoy the craziness.

he's so cute

We couldn't think of a title for this blog so we went literal---he's so cute.  Drew's absolute favorite toys are trucks, cars, choo-choos and anything that resembles a bulldozer.  He likes to use his imagination to put his big red truck in "time out" or come up with songs usually to the tune of "freres jacques."   He is strong-willed-- does not take "no" for an answer when demanding to drink apple juice.  But he is usually very sweet. Yesterday, he kept saying "hi mommy, hi pumpkin."  He impressively kicks around a soccer ball outside and enjoys strumming a guitar. He actually knows the last word of each line plus the chorus to "Shot in the Arm." and often when we put on music he asks, "is this Bob?"  Yes, he means Bob Dylan.  We also see Drew play a lot more with kids his age.  He now talks to his friend Lilly, usually, wanting to show her things like his toys or how he can jump off of something that he probably shouldn't be jumping off of. Two year olds can actually be terribly fun!