Roly Poly Baby

I am sad that Tristan (aka Lowly) is over 12 months now!  He is now Lowly.  I have prayed for the relationship between him and Jude to be very close.  The twins still struggle to include him in their whirlwind life.  They are viewing him as a baby instead of a playmate.  Jude was already named "Huckleberry Pie" based on a Strawberry Shortcake character, and then shortened to Huckle.  A couple weeks ago when Petra was spending the night at Vovo's I took Jude and Tristan to the "sand pit" near our house.  Jude was annoyed that Tristan was attempting to play with his rake and dump truck.  I said "He's Lowly, he is your partner."  He seemed to like it.  Huckle and Lowly are forever adventuring in the Richard Scarry books that are a daily part of our lives.
I feel so aware of Tristan's growth and am sad his baby-ness is fading.  I just went in his room to make sure he was covered and he sat up and wiggled his little legs with a very sleepy expression.  Then he bent over on his tummy and fell back asleep. His newest trick is to crawl over and bite me- on the elbow, knee, arm, wherever.  Then he smiles and giggles-especially if I say "no."

Call from Jude!

Jude (Huckleberry) is really missing Honey Pie Pony.  Petra is spending the night all by herself at Vovo's for the first time.  After he took a bath I suggested we call her.  I can NEVER get him to the phone, let alone TALK on it.  As we walked down the stairs to call her, he was practically shoving me out of the way to get there first!  He held the phone and kept talking to it-even when she wasn't there yet.  "Hey Petra."  When she finally answered she heard my voice and said (disappointingly) "oh, it's not Jude."  I tell you,  twins are CLOSE.