What I'll miss when she's older

This post is inspired by an article in the June issue of Parents Magazine.  The author lists things about his son he'll miss when he is older.

Now that Lucy is almost 21 months old, there are some things she does now that I'll probably miss as soon as a year from now, so here goes:

• She pronounces the letter F with a "shh" sound.  Example: shone=phone, shog=frog, and shan=fan.
• We just watched "Frozen" last week, and mommy and daddy seemed to enjoy it more than her.  We ask her, "Do you want to build a snowman?" and she instantly says "No."
• She gives hugs by tipping only her head onto whatever she is hugging.
• She's obsessed with shoes, but not because she likes shoes, but the possibility of shoes.  Whenever she sees us putting our shoes on, she gets excited and runs to get hers, because to her, shoes mean we are going somewhere, which means some sort of adventure.
• We are teaching her please and thank you, and she can say both, but her latest thing is saying thank you when she wants something or hands us something.
• She can count to ten with us, but only knows the even numbers.
• We live a mile from the train tracks, so we hear most trains that go by.  Whenever she hears one, she says "Train!"  We also live near a fire station, so when a fire engine rolls by, with sirens blaring, she also yells "Train!"  We're working on that one.

I'm sure there are a bunch more, but both kids are waking up now!

Jeez, two months have gone by?

Wow, I've really let this blogging thing go to the wayside lately.
I guess I've been a bit busy lately.  Hmm.  I wonder why.

These two have been keeping me quite busy.  That, and our house is up for sale, so between changing diapers and keeping kids fed, it's been meeting with our realtor and keeping our house company clean every day.  If I've only learned one thing from that, it's that it's really weird being at home while a prospective buyer tours it. 
Here's a little recap of what's been going on.

 
• Andy went back to work when Jackson was two weeks old.  Instead of being freaked out, I was actually weirdly calm about the whole situation.  It's been busy, yeah, but being home with these two hasn't been as stressful as I thought it would be.
• Babywearing has been my friend.  I didn't figure babywearing out until Lucy was a few months old, and by then we had gone through several uncomfortable experiences at family gatherings and visits due to Lucy being overstimulated or tired but not able to wind down.  From the beginning with Jackson, I put him in the Moby wrap immediately if he's been fed and changed but still crying.  
• Babywearing has also been great for getting out of the house.  Lucy goes in the stroller or cart, and Jackson goes in the Moby, and most of the time we have a peaceful outing.  The few times I haven't worn him reinforced why I do.  There was the time Lucy turned around and pinched Jackson when he was in the infant seat in a cart at Target, and the time Lucy ran down a hill at a park and it was awkward navigating the stroller down it.
• Spending time outside has been really important.  If I don't get Lucy outside at least once a day (on a walk, to the park or just the backyard) she gets bored with a capital B.

Lucy is a great big sister, jealousy and all.  She's super sweet with him first thing in the morning, but by the end of the day, she kisses him and then immediately smacks him.  But there are definitely more kisses than smacks.  She truly loves him.  It's super cute.
Jackson has left the super sleepy newborn phase, and is awake a lot during the day.  He loves to sit in his bouncer or under his toy gym.  He's been smiling and cooing a lot.  Last night was particularly cute.  He woke me up at midnight to eat, so I brought him to bed like usual, latched him on and dozed off.  He woke up again at two to eat, and instead of going right back to sleep, he decided 3 a.m. was a good time to smile and coo at mommy.  

They're pretty great.  I can't complain.