A February Post

Some how I'm now aloud to post on this blog, when for the past several weeks I have not been able to log into it. So I'll do a February download, try and post a few pictures...and hope it will not take this long next time to post a new post.

Update on the Truly's:
We are virtually settled in to our apartment in Uptown Dallas now. It's all come and gone so quickly! We moved in the last week of November, and it's already mid-February. In a week's time i'll be celebrating my 34th birthday...yikes!

The boys have transitioned to a new environment wonderfully. In the beginning weeks Jack actually cried when we said, "it's time to go home" thinking it meant back to the old house. He really likes our "new uhpotment". He gets that we are here to stay a while. We still own our house in Lake Highlands, and are planning to come back to it at some point. We miss it sometimes. Mostly the comfortable security that was our neighborhood. And the Guenther's! I miss my next door neighbor!

Jack turned 3 in January. In the past few weeks he has changed so much. It was as though I woke up one morning and he just looked and acted "big". He gets dressed on his own in the mornings, and puts his shoes on when he gets up. These hardwoods are cold on the old feet. He loves Todd, and will even sit with him on occasion and "read" him a book. They are great friends. Jack is starting to sound out some words. It's as though he is teaching himself these things...oh I might mention how to read something once, and then he just off and runs with it. He's that kind of kid though really.

Todd turned a year in November. I'm not sure where the last 2-3 months went though, as he is now almost 15 months. And really I feel bad about that. It's just that November happens...Thanksgiving, Christmas, Jack's birthday and before you know it 3 months has passed. Todd got RSV right after Christmas and we spend the 26-31st in the hospital. He's doing fine now. He's still scooting along. He says "night night", and points to the sky when he hears or sees an airplane flying over head...we are right in the flight path of Love Field....we hear them often. He will say, "All done" or "all clean", as well as do the sign for those words. He'll say Jack too on occasion. It sounds like, "ACK". He knows what a monkey, elephant, birdie, duck, and dog say. And our favorite is TOUCHDOWN! When we say touchdown both hands go up in the air. We totally stole that one from the Scott's, but boy is it cute. He brushes his hair, and likes to play cars with Jack. We recently changed pediatricians (3 days ago), and could not be happier with that decision. He loves to give kisses and hugs to mommy, daddy, and Jack. He is such a lover! He's got what might be called a Temper! Or maybe it's just his daddy's metabolism. Either way...he makes quite the scene, and makes me thankful I learned about discipline with his brother, who although hardheaded, is not the scenemaker baby brother is. Todd got his first haircut at Cool Cuts for Kids...great place. I would upload the pictures on here, but I took them with my Blackberry, and it hasn't worked to download them to the computer.

Jeff is still working away at LAFP. From our new place he can literally walk to work in 12 minutes. He's really liking that. Unless it rains!

That's all for now:
Here are some pictures

Using a spoon...or is he?

I want to engineer daddy!

Monkey boys!

Matching pj's

Turning 3!

Train fun!

Fun with Facepaint!

Mommy using the new digital SLR!

Jack being still for a picture! Hurry!