WHEW!

Why is it than the moments that you just want to take in and enjoy, seem to fly by. October has been like that. We moved into our new home, which we LOVE. Its in a great location, the people are great, the community itself is great, the apartment is perfect, the only issue i've found so far is with spiders.... there was seriously a baby tarantula size black spider IN my house... Eli found him and decided to play with it... Needless to say, the thing RAN across the house, causing mama to jump up on her chair..... I am NOT a baby about bugs, but if you had seen the size of this thing..... you woulda done the same thing... i shoulda taken a picture of it.

My ayden turned one a week ago. Where did the year go? I was just holding him in the hospital and thinking how perfect he was. Now he and his big brother have turned into a troublesome duo..... Some how Ayden can convince his brother to do ANYTHING, yet then Eli gets upset that they are BOTH getting in trouble... Guess a 3 year olds logic is that whoever had the idea should be the one getting in trouble :)
We had a good first year... Talking at 5 months, crawling at 7 months, standing at 8, walking by 10, now he full blown runs! and hes talking CONSTANTLY. Hes much more vocal than his brother was at this age. And never misses an opportunity to voice his discontentment. The way he eats you'd think we never feed the poor child.... And his newest thing.... if you are in the kitchen or by the table, or if you have food he grunts at you until you give him some..... while its incredibly annoying... its also adorable. Seeing how different my boys are is just amazing to me.... they are polar opposites in so many ways, yet so much alike in other ways.

Eli too is growing up so fast. Can you believe he's going to be 3 in just 2 more months? When did that happen!??!?! Hes such a great big brother. He shares very well and is more than patient with his baby broha. He's been working on his potty training again. He has good days and bad... he got sick last night, so today hasn't been one of those GOOD days, but thats okay, it'll happen.... and i think it'll happen fast once he "gets it". He can spell his name, tell me his colors, count to 10, he helps me with house work- never being asked to, he's just a good helper by nature... wonder how long that will last. He's started to write. he knows his animals and their sounds.... and he's repeating EVERYTHING.... Im not sure if thats a blessing or a curse yet :) Certainly makes us all more aware of what we say.... I told jamie to shut up yesterday- jokingly of course, because he was teasing me again- and he comes the shut up police.... MAMA WE DON"T SAY SHUT UP!!!! Guess God gave us children so that we remember that we have someone watching us ALL the time!

My one year old wants to play ball with me, thanks for reading our update! Love and blessings.