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Jesse and Noah have been verbal for quite a while now, but we are finally hearing them say words at the appropriate times. They have three words now, both of them are saying the same three: hi, bye, and hot. I’m sure you understand why hi and bye (with waving) since those are words that they hear a lot with people always coming and going and can therefore say them in context, but hot? I guess we use hot a lot more that you would think. Hot food, hot water, hot stove, hot fireplace—all things that we warn them about repeatedly. Every time I take Noah to wash his hands he says hot.

They’re also really good at making animal sounds like meow, woof, baah, and the like when we ask them what certain animals say. They’re favorite animal sounds are for rocket and airplane. I’ll try to get a video of them doing their noises and post it.

Here’s a photo Rachel’s mom took of them during her last visit. I have no idea how she got them to pose together. Maybe they’re sitting on something. Feel free to post your ideas or caption suggestions in the comments.

So…it’s been ages since our last post.  Sorry about that.  We’ve been a bit busy.  David’s work has been totally, ridiculously, insanely crazy, and last week he traveled to New Hampshire to meet with a client.  Then he flew down to Richmond to do a final clean-out of our house there.  (It’s rented, hallelujah!)  My dad, Rick, flew out to Richmond to meet him, and now the two of them are driving back across country in a Penske truck with the last of our Richmond belongings, and should be back in San Diego in a few days.

In the meantime, my mom, Susan, and I have been flying solo (well, duo, technically) with the boys.  We’re surviving, and the boys are doing well, but it’s definitely been BUSY!

Here’s a little video I took of the boys for David so he wouldn’t miss them too much while he was away.  Forgive the awkwardness – I took it with my iPhone.  They are getting so much bigger, and are showing signs of real personality now.  In this episode, as the title aptly indicates, Noah is having a lovely chat with the bunny hanging on his chair, and Jesse is eating his hand.  Enjoy!