As we travel full throttle towards holiday-land, I want to take a few minutes to give a quick update on all THREE of the little Laydens while Jules (hopefully naps). Reid and Adeline are home from school today but out playing with Apa and Nee Nee (and Sloane) at a park somewhere.Anyway, here goes:
Reid: Reid turned 7 in October and is an incredible big brother. Although he teases Adeline more than I would like, he can be very loving and protective with her and they often play really well together. (It helps that she is a bit of a tomboy and enjoys wrestling and sword fighting and playing Floor is Lava, etc.) Reid is very athletic, active, funny, curious, quietly sensitive, kind, and many other things. And when it comes to baby Jules, he is smitten- the most caring and loving big brother I've ever seen. One of my favorite things about Reid right now is that he has really grown to love reading this school year. While he is steadfastly curious about many things (especially major historic events like war stories and the sinking of the Titanic), he really enjoys his graphic novels (Dog Man, Investigators) and R. Dahl books (The Twits, Charlie and the Glass Elevator). He has also been enjoying drawing more and still likes to play chess and, of course, Roblux and other games on his Ipad. His best friends right now are, according to him, Caleb and Grady, and he really likes his 1st grade teacher, Mrs. Nasser. I am so excited to see how he continues to grow!
Adeline: Adeline turned 4 last April and is in VPK at All Saints (Ms. Nancy and Ms. Nichole). She seems to really love the school and has impressed us with how smoothly she transitioned to a new school. She loves to keep up with Reid and, although not super interested in sports, she really enjoyed going to her 1st soccer camp at XL yesterday. She loves to climb, enjoys gymnastics class, sings throughout the day (and often makes up songs about what she is doing), loves on her baby sister, and has shifted her passion from dinosaurs to horses. She told me yesterday she wants to be a horse vet that rides horses when she is older. She is funny, a bit quirky, talkative, sensitive, cuddly etc. Love my Addie girl!
Jules: Juliette, our sweet little babe, is almost 9 months old. She has two bottom teeth and two top teeth coming in, enjoys eating solids and baby snacks (like teething biscuits and yogurt drops), drinks water out of a sippy cup, says "ma ma," "ba ba," "da da," and "pa pa," and just started really crawling last week. We have also caught her pulling up to stand a few times recently. She has loved her experience swinging at the park, shrieks and flaps her arms when she is really happy/excited, recently learned to clap, is very inteterested in Finn and cell phones, seems to enjoy facetime chats with her favorites (dad and grandparents, mostly), and is very enamored with her siblings. She sleeps most nights from around 7/730 to 6/630, although the recent daylight savings time took some adjusting. Although she occasionally wakes up in the nights, she often self soothes with the help of her beloved Frigg pacis! I'm so proud of how she has developed!
Although life is a bit chaotic and stressful at times with our three little loves depending on us for so many things (and all of life's other needs), I am always, always, always grateful, proud, and completely in love with my little babes! Now on to the holidays!
