The end of early intervention

In case you haven't heard...Van had a HUGE crush on his speech therapist and last week he had his final session with her since he's aged out of the early intervention program. Before we post his birthday bash, I wanted to share his first crush. Can't wait to show these to him when he's a teen!

Yes we had a pre-birthday chocolate cupcake celebration!

Wild and Wonderful West Va

It was indeed! Fun fun family weekend for lil man. Rode a pony...practiced for easter egg hunting with pinecones a plenty and played with lovin' family. Less than a week away from 3 years old...life is good...

10 Happy Months

Today marks 10 months of Van in the house...ten times the toys, ten times the tickles, ten times the tenderness of his silly self. We love you Van, the long wait to bring you home seems oh so long ago.

Giant Mulch Delivery-Happy Spring!

Aunt Christina sent us some fun growing dinosaurs...that was hours of fun

Daddy's boy

I swear he does have clothing...lots of clothing actually...

Van says his name!!

Yup...we heard it...not once but twice tonight...Van...Van...but then we got so excited he wouldn't do it again. His other current new favorite is "more" which is really just "mo" but he's dropping that sign now and replacing it with the word...progress for sure. We've got about 20+ words now so our hope of talking by 3rd birthday looks like a reality.
Oh we reminisce the days before talking...

He's also decided to really friend Elmo now...check them out...

Snow Day!!

Van had another first this year...snow snow and more snow. We got a whooping 8 inches in our neighborhood and we had tons and tons of fun. Van got a season's worth of fun out of his snow suit...and snow makes for great sleeping!!

Friday Fun

The first of what we hope are many more Friday fun playdates with our twin partners in crime of http://twoheartsinguatemala.blogspot.com. This week we are trying out a twist...mommies and daddies actually go out to dinner on alternate weeks (not all four of us of course) while the playdates continue...wish us all luck!

Sunny Saturday

Lots of fun in the February sun...