Triscuit almost ONE

Oh my little baby Triscuit, you are almost one.  Just last summer I was waddling around with you in my womb just counting down the days until you arrived.  You are such a precious little baby and there have been so many times where I've felt like "I miss you!" even though we have been "together" all day long.  Loving and caring for Jude and Petra is like climbing on a roller coaster at 7am and racing all over the place til 8pm.  But there are wonderful moments during that ride that I get to cuddle you and enjoy your sweet face. Since the moment you became mobile you have been Adventurer!  You are so interested in what brother and sister are doing and want to touch (and taste) all their toys and things.  You love to climb stairs  and can't stand to be confined in a room- even if we are playing in there with you!  You want to be free!

Sampling

Now that Tristan is 11 months old I am remembering something that Petra did at that age.  She was sitting on Vanda's kitchen floor, and she could not walk yet.  Before her on the floor was a bottle of milk, and two pacifiers.  She began to sample each one, this wordless babe.  She would take a sip of the milk, tilt it and drink,  then put it down.  Then she would pick up a pacifier and suck on it for a few seconds and drop it.  Then she picked up the third pacifier and sucked on that for a few seconds.  She kept rotating the items, trying each one for a few seconds. We all looked on, amused.

Learning the Trade

Jude was very interested in helping install pickets today. See him working with Grandpa, daddy, and Hannah.

Tristan's sprinkler fun

Tristan greatly enjoyed splashing the water today! He is a crawling machine and wants to do whatever Jude and Petra do.