15 month old adventurers

This autumn in Folsom: the light is Beautiful, and the air during the day is crisp, then warm, then crisp. Blue blue blue skies. This is a time that is very full of exciting firsts for David and Genevieve (drawing with and chewing on crayons and sidewalk chalk, choosing and chewing on pumpkins, dressing up for halloween, walking around at the zoo, climbing stairs, paddling in the water of the lake, and starting to wrestle with each other). A time that is full to bursting with abundant growth and development...signing for all things interesting (making up several signs each day), while experimenting with spoken words with great gusto -- such as, bye bye, duck, adah (for ava), puh (for peas), ba (for bath), bru (for brother) dah (for David), and mama (of course!)).

A few of their current favorite things: being outside, rain or shine; ducks, chickens, peacocks, and roosters; playing hide and seek and chasing each other in the folds of their bedroom curtains; dress-ups; frozen peas and frozen blueberries; emptying cupboards and drawers; particular to Genevieve: drinking water off the ground from puddles; for both: watching a special dvd of world animals; particular to David: nursing 15 times before breakfast!; particular to both Genevieve and David: reading books books and more books with mom and pops. Genevieve does not like bibs, having to sit in a car seat or high chair, or being still for diaper changes. David does not like sticky hands, cow milk, or being bitten by Genevieve.

Some stats, for those of you who like to know: (we recently we went to the doc for their 15 month check up) David is 25 lbs 9 oz while Genevieve is 18 lbs 9 oz. He is at the 90th percentile for height; she at the 50th. He is at the 50th percentile for weight; she is at the 5th (as she has been since about 6 mos). Both are sleeping most nights from 7pm till 5:30 am.

Here are some pics from recent days: enjoy!