More on love...

Love according to Sophia...

Sunday Morning:
"Love is when someone helps you clean your house."

Monday Evening:
"Love is when you do something you like to do -- like building with blocks, or putting money in your piggy bank, or going pee pee and poo poo on the potty all by yourself."

Oh and, by the way, Nate is REALLY walking now (as in, not really crawling anymore).

Megan

Sophia said it....

Tonight, in the middle of her bedtime story Sophia stopped me and said, "Daddy, do you know what love is?"

I told her I did not and she said, "Love is when someone likes you a lot and you're special, and they dream about you"

I could not have said it better myself.

Uh-oh!

Welp, Nate is saying it. Yes, in addition to 'Mama" and "Dada", Nate is saying "uh-oh". He was playing with a mylar balloon this evening and kept letting go of it and every time it floated up and hit the ceiling he would say "uh-oh". Sophia and I thought it was quite funny, which inspired him to do it even more.

Nate is cutting his top two teeth so, needless to say, we are having some difficult nights these days. Poor little guy. He's so happy despite the discomfort. Sophia loves preschool so far. Her teachers have lots of nice things to say about her (she's a great communicator, she has a long attention span, etc.) So far, so great.

Dan & I are getting away this weekend for the first time in a LONG time. Thank you mom for making that happen for us! We're going up to Portland for a concert on Sunday night and then spending the night downtown at the Governor Hotel. We are excited to say the least!

Here are some very recent shots (some from this evening). Enjoy!

Megan

He's walking!!

It's the day after Sophia's 3rd birthday and Nate didn't want to feel left out. He hit his own big milestone tonight -- he took his first real steps! He walked to dad and mom (and even sis) several times tonight. He even seemed surprised he was doing it. Our little boy is soon going to be a toddler. How times flies....

I am way delayed on posting pics, but they will have to wait just one more day. I'm too pooped even to download pictures (how pathetic, eh?) Oh, and our VW is broken (again). Poor Dan is in the garage trying to work miracles. So much for saving money. Oh well, life is good. We are lucky, blessed people.

Oh, and how could I forget to mention that Sophia had her last preschool orientation this evening? She officially starts tomorrow!! We're all so very excited about it!

OK, turning in for the night....

Meg

Our "baby" girl is 3 today!

Sophia Grace Kaplan is officially 3 years old today! She had a fun-filled birthday party on Saturday complete with Dora cupcakes (made my mom), Dora balloons, Dora hats, Dora party favors, Dora plates and, well, you get the picture. I'll attach pictures tonight. She had a wonderful time although she seemed a bit overwhelmed for a minute or two.

Thank you to everyone who attended (and sent gifts from afar) and helped us eat a ton of pizza. We are so lucky to have all of you in our lives. Thank you for helping to make Sophia's day so special. She is our precious little girl and we love her to pieces. Thank you for doing the same!

Love,

Megan

Milestones

Our kiddos are growing up! In just one short week in Illinois, Nate cut a tooth, started crawling, pulling up, and cruising. Yikes! This kid doesn't mess around! Now the little daredevil is practicing his skills by using me to stand up and then promptly letting go. He ultimately falls within a few seconds, but he does it again and again, laughing the whole way through. It's just a matter of days now that we'll have another little toddler on our hands.

Sophia had a big week as well. She had her first dentist appointment (with the best dentist in the world -- Aunt Elli Emmons). I'm proud to say that my little girl is part of the "No Cavity Club"! She's very proud of herself as well. She'll be 3 next month and will start preschool on October 1st!

Still recovering from our wonderful vacation. Dan is in L.A. for work so maybe next week we'll get a little relaxation in. Life is good! (No pics available at the moment, but I'll post some new ones soon.)

What the????

Ok, so we have 2 things to report. The 1st thing is completely normal and expected. Nate is a butt hair away from pulling up to standing. I went in to change his diaper a couple nights ago and he was sitting up in his crib. Needless to say, I lowered the crib mattress yesterday...you know, so he won't climb over and fall on his cranium.

The 2nd thing I have to report is that our daughter, who is 34 months old, is cutting two front teeth!!!!
We thought she was missing them since they didn't come in with the others when she was much younger. Yesterday, Meg noticed them coming in! Sweet, huh? I had visions of my daughter wearing a bridge or some such thing. She has an appt to see her Dentist (my wonderful sister, Elli Emmons) next week. Hopefully all else is in good shape, too.

OK, we'll post more pics and some video of Nate pulling up soon.