Growing Up Too Fast

My babies are growing faster than I ever imagined possible...

Dallen started preschool on Monday August 13th. He looked so grown up and was totally ready to go. He was so sentimental all day, saying "I love you" every 5 minutes and manipulating me to play with him by saying "it's my first day of school so you better play with me cause you're gonna miss me". He LOVED his first day. He was so proud and felt so special, just like I wanted him to. Immediately after school he got in the car and woke up his sister to say "It's ok Sydney, I'm back now! You don't have to miss me anymore. I thought about you the whole time"!! He is having a great time in preschool.

Some more things about Dallen:
*A little while ago we went to a cousin's baseball game and I overheard some little girls talking about Justin Beiber and told Dallen, "they like Justin beiber too, you should see if you can play with them". And it was so adorable to watch him muster up the courage to go talk to them. It was like watching a little teenage Dallen and it totally melted my heart!!
*Speaking of teenage Dallen, that boy has a little teenage attitude. He watches the little teenage shows on Disney channel and learns the funniest things to say like, "Oh nards" and "awwwk-warrrd" so cute!!
*Even though he is so grown up he is still my little boy and he reminds me when he says little kids things like 'I'm drinky' instead of 'I'm thirsty' or things like 'cattepitter' (caterpillar), or stellakin (skeleton), or calling the hamper, the Camper.
*When he goes shopping he picks out his own clothes and takes them into the dressing room all by himself. I feel like he is way too young for this but he LOVES the independence or it.
*One of my favorite things is to watch Dallen and Sydney interact with each other, it is so special. Dallen tells Sydney, "When I'm an astronaut someday I will take you to the moon with me, is that alright Sydney? Do you want to go to the moon?" And a lot of times he calls her Sydna or sister but lately he's been calling her pretty girl.

Dallen is such a sweet boy and I love this age he's at. I try so hard to maintain my patience and make good memories out of these times that are passing all too quickly.

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Sydney Rose turned 8 months old just a few days ago and gets older and wiser every minute.

A few things about Sydney:
*She surprised me when all of the sudden one day she could crawl, wave and give open mouth kisses, all on the same day!! She has a tendency of growing really fast all at once. Although she is kind of funny with the growing. Just after she turned 2 months she started wearing 3-6 month clothes and now at 8 months, she is still wearing the same clothes. Since her 6 month check up she has only gained a few ounces, she is a tiny little peanut trying to grow up too fast!!
*She rolls around and scoots and does the cutest little bouncing thing when she's sitting.
*She has the sweetest little voice and babbles all the time.
*She loves the squeeze baby foods and sucks them down in less than 5 minutes.
*She is getting so smart and has the sweetest little personality. She knows what "NO" means, she plays games with her binky and when you hand her a football she puts it over her head and holds it there until you say "touchdown".
*I just love everything about my little girl but the one thing I could do without would be that she is an EARLY riser!!

I hope I can remember each and every high and low about this little girls life right now because it is racing by.