odds and ends

Brooke said to me yesterday as she was trying to push the chest out of the way to build a fort, "Mom, I am trying with all of my might to move this, do you think you could you give me a little help?" as she is grunting and trying so hard...(she sounded so grown up, I just started laughing.)
Brooke has been practicing rollerblading. She is so good at trying. She hasn't cried yet from the many falls, she just keep laughing about them! She is really determined to learn how to do it. I love it. She loves riding her bike! She can't get enough of any art project. She is constantly taking pictures and printing out pictures and then making them into art projects.

Jackson is pretty much out of his size 3 diapers already. I am mushing him into them. I still have another package. He is a drooling baby!! I have to go buy some bibs. He is always wet from drool. He absolutely loves to suck on his hands. He is hands down, the best baby EVER! I think he only cried, maybe 5 times the entire 8 days we were in Mexico. He is wearing 12 month clothes and they fit him. There is no extra room. (He is only 4 months and 2 weeks). He loves his sisters, and his sisters can't get enough of him still. When we got home, they kept fighting over who got to hold him. Brooke still asks to hold him every five minutes and gets so excited with this huge smile and big eyes when I ask her to watch him while I put Livy to sleep for her nap. I love how she braggs to everyone about how he makes noises or laughs, or is almost sitting up. It makes my heart jump to see how much she loves him.

I am trying the potty training thing again. Into it 2 days and have had 5 accidents. Not too bad. Except for the fact that she doesn't care if she is poopy or wet....AHHH! This could be a long haul. Livy loves babies right now. She loves riding her bike. And has recently taken up running out of the house to ride her bike in the front, or run down the street. And it doesn't help that she can unlock the door. She keeps me on my toes. She has the best hugs and the cutest voice. She loves balls, play-do, babies, coloring, her doggy blanket that Donna gave her and doing things she knows she is not supposed to and then smiling at me about it. She ALWAYS wants to hold Jackson or have him sit right next to her. Her favorite book right now is Go, Dog Go.