Gabe

Gabe's personality is really coming out these days! He is so funny!

His favorite thing to say right now is "how you?" and then he wants you to ask him back and he says "Goo," without the d, it is adorable!

He is still loving to sing all the time, favorites are happy birthday, bible, and jesus loves me!

He has this thing with names that is really funny... It started with him calling his Nanny "Mimi." We will practice again and again and say "Gabe say nanny." He will just laugh and say, no mimi! (which is my mom's name)...
Then he calls all the nursery workers at McLeod Ro-Ro (for Ms. Rosa)... they say he turns it into a game and looks at her and then walks over to someone else and calls them that and just laughs...
Finally, he calls Tara "Christa," only because her cousin Christa was over one day at the same time and I think he just thinks it's easier to say... We will be clear across church and he will wave excitedly saying "Hi Christa!" It is so crazy... We will keep working on getting the names right and in the mean time, thank goodness they are all good sports!

Jayce

Jayce's 4 year appt stats: (only 3 mts late)
41 lbs, height: 41.75 inches
Jay took him to get his shots and he did awesome! I was so chicken, I sent Jay and could not believe how well he did!

Jayce said to me the other morning, as I was going to get Gabe...
"No mommy, wait for me, let me go first! I don't want him to be surprised when he sees you, I want him to be surprised when he sees me!"
He walked right in and said "Good morning brother, how are you today?"

Jay has been taking Jayce out to hit golf balls lately in the yard... and he's making some good contact which is making Jay especially happy! Last weekend they were in the yard when Jayce's favorite neighborhood gal came by, "Ella." Jay called me and said, "Baby, it has already begun..." He said Jayce hit ball after ball, while Ella and her little sister Sara clapped and clapped, and Jayce beamed so bright! Jay said he had never seen that grin on Jayce's face before... think he's in love!
Last night, he made her a "letter," out of a recycled birthday card someone had given him, and included some fake money inside for her and could not wait to take it to her... Yep, it has begun...The good thing is, I would totally approve! She's adorable and super sweet!

Summer Fun!

So we are having a great summer so far!
We took a beach trip with our great friends Jay, Tara, and Wallace a few weeks ago and all the boys had a blast! The daddies helped them build their first sandcastle!
The biggest challenge was keeping Gabe from stomping all over it! I thought it turned out pretty good for their first one!

I'm posting a cute picture of Gabe eating watermelon. Hooray, we found something else to add to his menu! He could not get enough of that... I told Jay maybe we should just cut a watermelon each night to keep our boys entertained, happy, and quiet!!!

I catch Jayce saying so many cute things these days, and I can barely remember 1/2 of them but here are a few I do recall:
-The other morning, Gabe was still in bed and Jayce said, "Hey mom, where's the little guy?"
-yesterday, I heard him talking to Gabe and he said, "Hey Gabe, you're my little buckaroo!"

Gabe too is loving to talk about and to Jayce constantly
-When he wakes up the first thing he says is "Where's Jayce?"
-He loves to say "Come on Ja-ayce" (2 syllables, with his southern draw)
-Still loves to sing and his new favorite is Jesus Loves Me... Jay has taught him to make muscles and scrunch up his face to say "STRONG" (as in we are weak but he is strong)... He loves this and will do this over and over again, just cackling!

We are enjoying the freedom to not necessarily sleep late, but to get out and about a little later! It should be a fun summer!