Purim Festival

Mia had a Purim Festival at school last week. She got to dress up as her favorite character, and of course she chose to be the King! They marched in a parade, shared Challah bread and then spent time singing songs in Temple. She had a blast, and was so happy to have Mommy, Brandon & Aubrey with her all day...

The New Playroom!

The quest to complete the kid's new playroom is just about done! Daddy spent all day Saturday building storage containers and organizing the new space. Mia, like most children, has a penchant for ignoring fancy toys and turning ordinary household items into joyous wonders! Take for instance our new storage tubs. Mia decided they are containers for her & the twins to hang out in... Aubs wasn't so enthused, but boy is up for anything his big sister proposes. It's great to finally have space of their own!

She Moves!!!!!!!!!

This was a big weekend in the Lovell household. Aubrey finally decided to begin crawling!! We've been waiting patiently for months while her Physical Therapist told us that she'd begin crawling any day... Well, apparently 13 months was the number. All of the sudden this weekend she decided that she was tired of sitting in place whining and waiting for everything to be brought to her! Don't get me wrong, it's not much of a crawl at this point. It's more like she's doing the 'worm' or something. But hey, we'll take it! We're very proud of our little girl...

The Computer Nerd!

Recently Daddy was dislocated from his home office... It became clear that the only way to avoid the children totally over running our home with their toys was to provide them a play room! So, Daddy surrendered the office and now the kids have got their very own area to destroy. Mia loves the play room, but missed playing on the computer. So this weekend we went to Ikea and found the perfect children's desk. Now Mia has her very own office that she is exceptionally proud of. Turns out that boy is quite fond of the computer as well. Now that he can reach it we continually find he has crawled over and is playing on her computer! It's really quite cute, he's the perfet computer nerd the way Momma parts his hair...

T-Ball Star!

Mia started T-ball practice a few weeks ago and our first game is this Tuesday, against the Dodgers! She is so excited to play against another team for the first time, especially since Daddy is the Assistant Coach... Last week Uncle Ryan took this picture at practice. It's my favorite! She looks so serious.

Touchdown!

Brandon has finally entered the stage of learning and mimicing our actions! Here he is doing his famous TOUCHDOWN! He holds up one finger when you ask him how old he is, and the cutest is when you ask him, "Where is Brandon?". He promptly covers both of his eyes to hide... He is such a sweet little boy! You may notice Aubrey's absence in this series of photos. Unfortunately, he is still advancing far more rapidly than she is. The good news is that she is definitely progressing, but still very slowly... She rolls over, sits up and tries to crawl, but isn't quite there yet. Which isn't good at almost 13 months. The specialists assure us she is fine, but we'll feel better when she is crawling & then walking! The physical therapy sessions she attends definitely seem to be helping, but her attitude doesn't. All of her therapists have shared with us what a stubborn little child she is! Great, lucky us... She sure is a sweetie though!

Mrs. Brandon?!?!

Poor boy has to grow up with two sisters who love to dress him up like a woman! It's funny, because Mia has, for some time now, been adamant that she is not a girl, she is a tomboy... Yet, she loves to make Brandon into a little girl. You may notice that every picture with the two of them has her smiling, and boy sharing a look of mild panic! Aren't siblings fun?!?!

The Passenger!

These two sure have a lot of fun together! Brando is always cruising all over the house in his walker, and big sister Mia decided she'd hop on for a ride... It was great, the strong little boy continued to cruise around the house with Mia on back!