Kidlet Update

Ok, now I've shared a bit about life here in Kuwait, I'll give some info on how the kiddos are doing! OK! well, as of yesterday, Jaden is now 9 months old, which makes Maleah 3 years and 9 months! WOW how time flies when you have kids!

Jaden still has just two teeth. He loves giving us his toothy grin at every opportunity! He's eating all kinds of solids now (bread, scrabmled eggs, pasta, crackers) and lovin' it! He is quite an eater! He is also pulling himself up to a standing position on EVERYTHING!!! He prefers standing to any other position. We have to put a water box in front of our TV stand to prevent him from opening the doors and standing up to play with the DVD player. Nothing else is heavy enough to stop him. But now, he just pulls himself up on the box! aaarrrgggg! He isn't quite crawling yet, more of the "army man" crawl, just using his arms. He'll get up on his hands and knees, or hands and feet in an inverted V shape, but he refuses to use his knees to move himself. It's great fun to watch him, and he's QUICK!

Maleah is definately 3 going on 30! She's so amazing! She's always got something clever to say, and has Justin and I just rolling in a giggle fit many times a day! Her personality is almost bigger than her body, and she's as sweet as can be. Already quite a little mommy, she is always helping me with Jaden, from giving him his pacifier, singing to him, even climbing into his bed to read to him when she hears that he's awake. She was "reading" the book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?" to him the other day. She's got the book memorized! It was ADORABLE! Glad the camera was handy!!

She has an incredible thirst for knowledge, too. She's always talking about going to school. We'll probably be heading back to the states in August, so we'll be looking into preschools for her. She's doing great with recognizing colors, and shapes. She'll point out rectangles and triangles when she sees them when we're out and about. She can recognize a few letters, and she'll count things out. "Look mommy, there are two! One, two!" So my goal over the next few months is to work with her on her letters and numbers, recognizing and writing them. We've found some great books over here (in English!) that are workbooks to help with that. She's really excited to start it, and she's looking forward to writing a letter to her aunt Jewel and uncle Andreas. She's always drawing, too! She's pretty darn good for a 3 year old! I'll have to start taking pics of her art.

Lots of energy, happiness and imagination. That's our girl, Maleah!