Back to Bellingham..

We head back to Bellingham at the end of this week, after a nice long family & friend visit in San Diego. While I'll be glad to get back home and see Chris, and all our Bellingham friends, it's always a hard transition for me, so I'm trying to prep for it better this time. Cooper's started talking about school every day this week, so I know he's ready to get back to his routine.

The boys have changed so much, even in the time we've been down here. Cooper's consistently using 2-4 word phrases, and his vocabulary is just growing like crazy. My favorites have been watching him take on grandparent phrases from my parents, and listening to him sing all of the Christmas carols that he's been demanding (for a year now...) Ian's become quite the eater, and bounces up and down in his seat after each bite- kicking his legs and saying, "mmm, mmm, mmm!!" He's also started to feed himself finger foods, which keeps him occupied for big chunks of time!

We've been to the beach a bunch, and it's been warm enough to run in shorts (not, of course, according to the San Diegans...)I've had so much fun watching my kids with their grandparents, and getting to connect with friends here in town. I've been terrible about pictures, but will post some soon.

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