Friends, Family, Prayer Warriors,
As the new year rolled around, the family took in a fireworks display from the picture window in the living room of our home and observing from our backyard patio before turning in for the evening. After that, it wasn't long (21 days to be exact ;) )before we were celebrating the twins 2nd birthday! This year it was decided to have their birthday party outside at the local pocket park around the corner and down the main stretch into our neighborhood from our house. We saw many of the faces of the regular attendees for the kids' festivities (including some we hadn't seen in a long time and some friends that weren't able to make the kids' celebration last year) and enjoyed every minute! The kids' birthday fell on a weekend this year, so we spent the week prior taking the kids to the park a couple of times to let them learn the layout of the land.
Everyone had a great time; the weather behaved itself for the most part...we had clouds, but no rain, and we really enjoyed seeing everyone and catching up, in addition to the kids enjoying their first themed birthday cake! (the cake was split between Thomas the Tank Engine and Tinkerbell). Afterwards, we had a few attendees come back to the house for refreshments, commoradoraty and cleanup!
The 411 on the babies' individual progress...
The terrible 2's are in full force! The twins push the envelope every chance they get as they explore their ever changing environment and have no compunction to tell you their feelings on the subject if they don't agree (which is pretty often)!
Jordan is fully fluent in her toddlespeak and can have a full blown conversation with you regardless of the subject. You may not understand everything she says to communicate back, but she definitely knows what she is talking about. She also continues to expand her English with words like Susu, Miami (spelled like Miami, Florida but pronounced "Mee-yah-mee", a combination of Rae's name Mia and Mimi), Papa, Shelly, Heather, Jacob, some animal imitations (lion, snake,monkey, etc.), loves to scream, giggle, talk on Sheri's phone with her Susu, and finds it hysterically amusing to pretend hiccup (a trick she learned from The Wiggles, I think). It is never a dull moment interacting with her.
Jacob is our resident acrobat and daredevil. When he is not having Nascar races with his sister on their toy cars throughout the house or around the kitchen island, he is sliding, flipping and rolling down the slide, up and down on the couch and loveseat and running circles around just about anything that he can get around (which would include a person if they stood still long enough! The kitchen island, the living room padded chest being his favorites). And just when you think he has run out of energy and will tire out, he reaches down deep and finds some more and it's off to the races again! We've learned through trial and error and sheer fatigue, that you don't even have to chase him anymore; basically you have to goose him every now and then and he can run laps around you cackling with glee as he runs (run Forrest, run!) As far as speech goes for him, he is still in the gutteral grunting phase, but he has developed in the last year to say a few choice words (bubble, ye e cah [his version of Bob the Builder's Yes We Can!]).
Both kids continue to sell their personalities and it is through these cherished moments that we see the world in an entirely unique and different light as they interact, grown and learn. We continue to give thanks and praise to the Lord above for all of His blessings in our daily and nightly routines and all of our friends and loved ones for all the suppport they provide!
Hopefully everyone's year is going and continues to go well! Please pray for continued success for all!
Thank you for all of your love, prayers and thoughts! More progress reports as soon as I can spare another minute! May the good Lord bless and protect us all.
Kind regards,
The Cordova Family (Andy, Sheri, Jacob & Jordan)
cell - 281-300-6212
email - maverick2601@hotmail.com
