The Middle of March.

We often think of Jake being jealous of Mari, but here you can see the beginnings of Mari becoming jealous of Jake as well, with the looks on her face as she watches her Daddy share pizza and some of his drink with Jake. She seems very interested in food. We didn't start solids with Jake until he was almost 6 months and we plan to do the same with Mari. We think she might be teething, so maybe she will have teeth by then, not that she will need them with baby food!

Mari loves standing up and sitting up. She is not a big fan of reclining at all. Here she is playing in bouncy toy we got her a few weeks ago. Below is Jake helping James work in our back yard. There will be more pictures of this project to come in the next few weeks. He is leveling it off so and redoing the patio (which was brick, but has now all been taken up and will soon be concrete) and developing flower beds. Jake was helping by packing the dirt (stomping) with his boots, which he really seemed to love. I also occasionally saw him throw clods of dirt in the wheelbarrow to help load it up!

Jake and Mari helping us plant some daffodils (by behaving and staying on the porch). I bought these daffodils in pots to use as decorations for Mari's Christening Luncheon instead of getting cut flowers so that we could remember the occasion when we see them.

We recently got out a box of soft toys from when Jake was a baby, now that Mari is getting to the stage where she can sort of 'play' with us. Jake was very happy to see his old green giraffe!