Hess Times Three: Happy 2nd Birthday!!

TWO YEARS OLD! How the time flies! It's hard to believe that these once tiny 4 pound babies are now thriving two year olds. We feel so blessed and are really enjoying this new stage. They are all talking so much more and singing songs, and have all kinds of new opinions to share with us. :) We had a little party last weekend with family and friends and they really enjoyed singing the birthday song and blowing out their candles. They also really started to understand the fun of opening presents and getting all kinds of new toys. (By Christmas day, they were old pro's at unwrapping!) It was an Elmo themed party as he is their new obsession, so my talented mother-in-law made an unbelievable Elmo birthday cake. What a labor of love! They also had Elmo birthday balloons which quickly became one of their favorite things. It was a sad day when those balloons deflated!

Opening up their Birthday Gifts

The incredible Elmo Cake their Mimi made for them

Enjoying the Elmo Cake. They kept asking for more, and more, and more...

Everyone is doing well otherwise. We continue to seek treatment for Braden's seizures. He had two more mild seizures in November, but they were very quick and he came out of them without needing any medication. We meeting with a new specialist to help us continue to investigate the cause of these, as well as researching treatment through chiropractic care. All in all, Braden continues to grow and thrive so we are counting our blessings that these seizures have not set him back at all. He is talking a lot now, loves dancing to his music and takes great joy in eating whenever he can! He is becoming quite a little boy. He loves playing with his cars and throwing a ball around. We definitely see him as our athlete.

Daniel is becoming our little musician. He loves to sing and play the drums or play daddy's guitar. He is our free spirited child and is often in his own little world when playing with a toy or doing a puzzle. He is so inquisitive and loves to watch how things work. It's so fun to see the wheels in his head turning!

Kayla continues to be mommy's little helper. She wants to take care of everybody and often tries to comb the boys' hair or get them dressed, which as you can guess doesn't go over well. ;) She is a big talker now and is often our little drama queen. But she is a very observant and smart little girl. We're always amazed at how quickly she picks up on things.

This year seems to have flown by! While we are sad that we can't exactly get away with calling them "babies" anymore, we are excited about all the fun things that next year will bring.