Life just keeps getting better as the months go on and you become more involved with the world around you. You are into EVERYTHING these days, and are so extremely inquisitive of every little detail surrounding you. Nothing goes unnoticed by your pretty, big blue eyes, and your little hands have to touch it all. Determination is your middle name, and you will not give up without a great effort to get whatever it is you have your mind set on. You are no longer content to sit still, and are on the move at all times. Army crawling with great speed like a soldier escaping to freedom, pulling up to your knees and starting to pull up to stand, walking while holding our fingers and jumping along the way, and following your sister around the house are some of the ways you spend most of your waking hours.
Food has quickly made its way into your heart, and I have yet to find something you don't like. Your favorite food so far seems to be avocado mixed with fromage blanc, but meats are starting to make their way up the charts. You love drinking out of our glass, taste all of our foods, and attempt to steal all of your sister's snacks. Food seems to be your love language these days, and we are having so much fun watching you explore new tastes and textures. This month you grew your first two teeth, and you are already putting them to good use chewing the small pieces of food seeing that you prefer those over anything pureed.
Although you are Mr. Busybody these days, snuggling is still one of your favorite pastimes and I am more than ok with that! I love feeling you snuggle up into my neck while your little hand squeezes tight to my arm, your other one playing with my hair. Your smile is truly the most charming, heart-melting gift that you keep on giving and giving. We love it! Laughter comes easily to you and it is the most refreshing sound, and as of late, you are becoming quite the talker. When you first wake up in the morning, you talk for a good solid hour in a very loud, boisterous voice making sure we are all aware you are alive and well. The rest of the day you are still pretty quiet and not one to complain unless you have good reason. You have recently found your voice when it comes to expressing your frustrations when you can't get what you want, whether it be food or a toy out of reach, and have learned to let your sister know when she has taken away a toy that you weren't quite ready to part with. Thankfully you are easily distracted and are easily the most pleasant little boy I ever did meet.
We love watching you explore and learn new things these days. Your face lights up with each new accomplishment, and it fills our hearts with so much joy to be apart of each moment with you. You are our prince, as Zaylee refers to you, and we couldn't be more thankful to call you ours. You are loved very much my sweet boy, and are so blessed by your sweet blooming character.
Stats:
Weight: 8.3 Kg/18.2 lb
Sleep: 12 hours at night 9-10 of those straight through with an early morning breakfast before sleeping another couple hours. You still have a night at least once a week with a 1-2 am wake up, but they are getting to be less frequent.
Naps: 2 naps, with an occasional third
Food: three meals and you now let us know you can't go without one of them :) Five nursing sessions.
At the beginning of the month, we had friends from the states come to visit while on their European honeymoon. Chris and Kazden met at camp about 5 years ago, and your papa and I had the privilege of seeing them turn from strangers, to friends, to more than friends, and now husband and wife. We missed their wedding due to our move, but were so thankful to spend a few days with them here in our sweet town of Grenoble/Crolles! Chris has always had a way of making Papa and I laugh without end when we are together, and it was so refreshing to spend some time with friends from home. It was really nice getting to know Kazden a bit more and watching the two of you together was such a blessing to this Mama's heart. She spent most of her time with you sitting outside in your chairs having little talks while admiring the beautiful landscape that surrounds our home here in the valley. It was a quick three days packed with good, good food up in the mountain, a trip to the bastille, a hike up in the mountain (a favorite for all of us!), and good quality time just having fun with our friends.
Zaylee and Marcel, you two LOVE the water. It has been very hot the past few weeks putting a limit on our time spent out in the sun. In place of our multiple walks and visits with the horses, we have spent a lot of time in the back yard splashing in your little baby tub to keep cool amid the heat. Marcel you are a natural little swimmer holding the side of the tub while your little legs float up behind you, and you don't flinch when your sister splashes you to no end or pours water over your head. You both would stay in the water all day if we let you, and it is so fun to see you both enjoy something together as you, Marcel, are getting to an age that is much more interactive with your big sister and so far she seems to think that is pretty great.
This past weekend we took our first trip to the lake, and to say you both liked it would be a BIG understatement. Zaylee girl, you swam like a little fish and were far to brave for our liking. On our second visit, we could hardly keep up with you as you tried to swim as fast as you could while yelling back to us, "Zaylee self Mama Papa! Zaylee self." You didn't stop swimming around the entire time we were in the water and loved when we would throw you as high as we could into the air! Marcel was content just being in the water and didn't make a peep the entire time but rather just took it all in while watching you swim around. We are so thankful for your love of the water, and look forward to many more days at the beach with our two little beach babies!
