More To Lovelace: 2 1/2 year old Andrew Asa and 8 month Leah Kathryn

Summer is almost here! Just one more week until summer! Wow! I have been so blessed to work at Dartmouth. I am sad to leave because I love teaching there, but so excited to get to be with my babies for the short amount of time before they go to school!

Leah:

She is such a spunky girl! Not sure where she gets that from. ;) She loves to grab everything in sight and analyze it. If she cant reach it, she will try and try again. Then, she will cry and Andrew will come to her rescue...so sweet! She knows what she wants and isnt afraid to let us know (dont know where she got that from either) She is scooting backwards and rolls to get where she wants to go. I anticipate her crawling in the next month. She absolutely is a joy to Aaron, Andrew, and I. Andrew LOVES her and will tell us what she needs anytime she is crying. For the most part, he is right! She has also started babbling more consonants. She will say dada and gaga, along with the aaa and ooo. If you have been around her for any amount of time, you know she has the uuu sound perfect. Our sweet girl grunts all the time. In fact, she grunts instead of cries most of the time. We laugh because it is not so girly. :) I know all of her determination will pay off, but Lord please give us patience in her teen years. :)

Me and my Girl!

Daddy and his Girl!

Miss Blue Eyes...

Andrew is the most thoughtful, encouraging, and aware boy! His wife is going to be so lucky! A little story for you Ags (only my Aggie friends will understand the saying): A few weeks ago, we were hanging out with the Bowen clan and Andrew asked Dana (39 weeks pregnant), is there a baby in there? She reply yes and Andrew told her, it is so beautiful. We laughed and smiled because what more could a mommy who is about to give birth ask for. Andrew is definitely cuddly and every time he is in a shopping cart, he must hug you at least every time we go down another aisle. We love that about him! He also tells us that he loves us sooo much. I can not wait to soak all of this sweet love from my boy when I am home full time!

He is beginning to be interested in learning the letters and sounds (which I havent pushed), but am so happy to teach him now. He loves to learn and when he does, he likes to learn it to depth. His understanding of people and relationships really amazes us sometimes. We love the toddler stage when it comes to exploring and learning...maybe not the discipline part. :)

As a segue into disobedience: this is Andrew, who ran to get to the bathroom and climbed right in...I told him sissy was getting a bath, not him, but he obviously had other plans. At the time, it wasnt funny, but now I can laugh about it.