Here are some of the things they've been up to:
Gummy has really enjoyed riding along in the stroller on our daily walks. He used to sleep through the entire ride but now he likes to look around and coo. He is so dang cute!
Peachy making sure her brother is strapped in and ready to go. Lately, she has been really attentive to him when he cries and makes sure I don't forget him when i'm packing them up for car rides and such :) What a sweet Peach!
Lounging after waking up from one of his many cat-naps. I just love his eyes :)
Gummy has truly become like his sister when it comes to taking baths and showers...he loves them! He's always smiling and watches my mouth when I sing to him. Sometimes he coos back in return :)
Peachy gets a kick out of watching our neighbor's dogs play in the yard next door. When they bark, she barks at them from her window, and apparently she wanted to hop right out of the window to go play with them :)
After that, she heard the shower water turn off and ran to watch her dad, (towel and all!) get ready for work. She really likes to watch us get ready and then try things herself. For instance, her new favorite thing is mimiking putting deodorant on. Weird, but still cute :)
Peachy has reached a significant milestone in her little toddler life: she's entered Nursery! Holy cow, I have to say that it has been so hard for me to be ok with this, but she is adjusting so well. Because I have to feed Gummy basically every 5 seconds, Quiriam has stayed with her during her transition and I just check in on them a couple times. I can hardly stand letting her go. It's not that going to Nursery itself is such a bad thing, it's that it marks the beginning of her independence from us and the ending of her being my little baby. I'm just not ok with this yet. Here she is in her adorable dress feeding another child his own snacks. He didn't ask to be fed, she just likes to share...a lot! It was pretty funny because the child munched on everything she gave him with this look on his face like, "wow, I could get used to this". Ah, Peach.
This past Sunday we were so happy to have both of our babies blessed. It was very special and we were glad to have my family and half of Quiriam's family present. After recently going through the Temple, being sealed together, having little Gummy join our family and now finally having both babies blessed, we feel so humbled and grateful to our Heavenly Father who has been with our family through the roughest, darkest times and through the joyous, calm times. We have been blessed with peace that cannot be found, peace that we did not find, living outside of the Gospel. I cannot express how happy I feel inside when we sit down to eat or get ready for bed and Peachy quickly folds her arms and bows her head to get ready for the prayer. Then, she babbles along quietly as the prayer is being said. She's just precious. She's so special to me because she was born during an unsettling time for our family, and in many ways, Quiriam and I have had to grow up with her. She went through some very tough times with us and I will always be grateful that at the end of the day I had my baby girl to remind me of all the things that are good and right in this world. Anthony too, is very special to us. He is so calm and content, we just love him so much. I kiss him, basically non-stop, and I always tell him that I will keep kissing him until he learns to kiss back. But, even I'm sure I won't stop! He's just too sweet! Here are two of the pics from right after the blessing:
