Short Update

It has been quite a while since we last posted. The boys are doing great and we are having such a nice time as a family. Joshua continues to love all over Jacob, and Jacob continues to tolerate it! Jacob is a big little guy - over 15 pounds at 3 months! Strong and big enough to withstand Joshua's affections, luckily. Jacob is a sweet, smiley baby. He coos and smiles whenever given the slightest bit of attention, but he is also quick to let you know when all is not right in his world. This is probably a built in safety mechanism - many times his cries have been because he just couldn't take Joshua's squashings any longer!

Joshua is as sweet as ever. We are dealing at times with some discipline problems and, infrequently really, some jealousy issues. He has picked up some really sweet mannerisms- like saying "OOOOHHH, baby" whenever he hugs (copying me, I suspect) and praying spontaneously. It is pretty convicting to have your two year old remind you that you forgot to pray for your meal! He had a very nice Easter, hunting eggs in the house. Brad, Joshua and Jacob were dressed similarly for church, but we didn't get any pictures of the three of them. You will have to take my word for it that they were beyond adorable.

Joshua began speech therapy this past week, and will begin preschool sometime within the next two weeks. He has shown a great deal of progress in his language in the past month or so, but is still far behind where he should be. Luckily, we caught the problem (a diagnosis of developmental speech apraxia) very early. We have been told that this makes it much more likely that he won't have any lasting effects. He is still getting used to his therapist, but I think he will love going to preschool. He has a group of friends here in Pasadena that he just loves to play with, and I think the preschool environment will be more of the same within a structured environment.

We are in the process of some redecorating of the house, so I will try to post some video of the finished result soon. No promises, since I am clearly not the most reliable of bloggers! In the meantime, here are some of the latest pics of our little men. We are having the best time!!