I hope I never forget............

It seems as if in the last few weeks my babies are now kids and as we move on to next steps I realize how much I want to go back and relive the past two years. I didn't absorb it enough. Here are a few things I hope I never forget.

1) When you wake up, be it from nap or in the morning, Kelby always says "Hey Mallory... Boo!" and I hear you fall over in your crib laughing.

2) "Daddy, mere, help you!" or "Momma, help you, Momma." (anytime they need some help)

3) "Momma hold your baby, pease"

4) "Daddy, hold you"

5) The thrill of trying on all of your shoes in your drawer.

6) My cleaning helpers, obsessed with organization.

7) Claps of excitement for popcorn, chocolate milk, eggs, Dora cereal, cookies, etc.

8) How you both instantly take your shoes off when we get in the car

9) Sleepy sillies at night. Running around the house giggling at everything

10) "I poop, I stink!"- Mallory

11) Kelby- your high pitched voice as you imitate me to Mallory

12) You both love to hold hands in the car, as we walk, in your high chairs.

13) "Momma, Color paper, pease"

14) Kelby- your creative hiding places and the thrill you get out of hiding things - especially your glasses (or anything of Mallory's)

15) Playing with my shoes in the morning while I get ready.

16) Sitting on Daddy's rug in our bathroom, side by side, eating cereal out of your snack cups in the morning.

17) Night, Nights! - and your puppies... 'must haves' before bedtime.

18) Reading the same book over and over and over....... and over....

19) Your request to sing songs every where we go. And Mallory's insistence on singing while we're doing your breathing treatments... "SING.... SING... SING..."

20) Kelby- your sweet over protectiveness of Mallory

21) Kelby- your smirk and half laugh when something funny happens to someone else.

22) "Uh-oh, Break it!"... (at least once a day)

23) "Where go?" and the genuine bewilderment of not knowing where Daddy went when he's holding the blanket in front of his face... or not knowing where your cup is when you put it under the blanket... it's like Magic... and it's oh so exciting when you realize it's still there... under the blanket.

24) Reading the same book from #18.... again.

25) You love going to church to play with your friends, but we love how you're so excited when we come to pick you up, like you thought you'd never see us again.

26) Kelby- We love your 'seriously thinking' face.

27) Mallory- We love your supper sweet, flirty, ham it up smiling face when you get up in the middle of the night.

28) That you INSIST on singing B-I-N-G-O while you use the potty. "Sing, Puppy"

29) Dancing feet!

30) Your fettish with wearing your church shoes around the house so you can dance.

31) You are both so excited to see us if we leave the room for just a second.

32) When you look at the screen of the laptop and ask for "Gran and Grandad"

33) Mallory- you love to play like you are talking on the phone. Kelby- my future speedy texter.

34) Your creative daring climbing abilities.

35) Mallory- You patiently sit and use your nebulizer and get your blood drawn as long as we sing songs from Veggie Tales or church.

36) Kelby- you are the sweetest overprotective sister.

37) You putting your glasses on your forehead while you play "peek-a-boo"

38) Asking where your eyes are when you look for your glasses




and I'm sure we'll be adding to this list as the days go by...