3 years and 6 months

Both kiddos had well-check visits with their doctor this week.  There was some serious cuteness:

Sophie weighs in around 31 pounds and 38 inches tall.  Cameron is a little over 17 pounds (25th-50th%) and 28 inches tall (90th-95th%).  Both kiddos are thriving in all areas, and we are so thankful.

A few hysterical comments this week.

1.  Sophie no longer simply accepts the answer that "God makes us."  She asks "How does God put a baby in a mommy's tummy?"  I responded that God takes a part of a Daddy and a part of a Mommy and makes the miracle occur.  That isn't good enough...."But HOW does that happen? That doesn't make sense.  What part of Daddy did he take?" I said that she needs to talk to Daddy about that because I was out of answers at this point.

2.  She and I were talking about the gifts and abilities that God gives us.  I was giving her lots of examples of abilities that different people have.  She asked "Why did God give Cameron the ability to drool so much?"  Good question, S.  Good question.

3.  We talk A LOT about choking hazards, emergencies, small toys vs. baby-friendly toys, etc.  Sophie has been really good about understanding that her 6 month old brother puts everything into his mouth, so we all have to be careful.  I had set up a blanket with toys for Cameron so he could sit and play by the Christmas tree.  Sophie was doing some make-believe game for hours and was playing independently, so I wasn't as tuned in to her movements as I probably should have been.  The next day, I was finally cleaning up all of the living room and noticed that there was a small drinking glass accessory from Sophie's dollhouse on Cam's blanket.  This cup is the size of a fingernail.  Doug and I immediately went into investigative mode and determined that she had brought 2 items from her dollhouse and put them with Cam's toys while he was there.  We only could find 1 of the items (the drinking glass) and couldn't find the little pink bunny accessory.  Although I never saw him choking on anything, we assumed that he probably did swallow it yesterday.  We sat Sophie down to talk to her about it.  Doug asked her why she brought those dangerous toys out to him.  Her response?  "Um, I kinda forgot he was already born."  (Update:  we found the pink bunny, so we are relieved he didn't eat it!)

We are in full Christmas mode--so much fun stuff in the pipeline as December 1st races to us.  We are all very excited for this magic Christmas.  We love experiencing it through the eyes of our little ones.