What will you be, little one?

Bella is the goofball.

She likes to play practical jokes, make funny faces, and she says some pretty random phrases just to make people laugh. She will shake her bottom while saying "my little butt!" in one of her special voices until it generates some kind of reaction from you. She sings Katy Perry songs and reenacts music videos to the best of her ability. She will tell her favorite knock knock joke for a simple chuckle: "Knock Knock" "Who's there?" "Orange" "Orange who?" "Banana!" She likes to hide my dishrags and yell "you'll never find it now!" (and I usually don't). She comes up with sentences like: "Mommy, thank you for taking me out of your uterus" and "I shouldn't have to depend on daddy!" She will announce it every time she farts. When she is in trouble, she knows exactly what to say to soften me up: "I just don't have anything to say." And then there are those laughs. She has the high-pitched squeal, the evil "Swiper" laugh, the fake laugh with three ha's, and the giggles. She looks like me, but she is very much like her daddy. She was blessed with that comedic wit I always wished I had.

In contrast, King is quite serious.

He is content just to play with his toy cars on his own, yet he is also very clingy to his mama and doesn't actually like being alone. He loves to give kisses, and is absolutely enamored with his big sister. He is very much a ladies man. You can see the slightest blush as he bats his eyes at the girls. When we wake him in the morning, he climbs up as fast as he can and gives the biggest smile and a cute little giggle. He will always be happy to see you. He loves animals. For as long as he has been alive, he has been gentle with them. He always pets them softly and has never pulled a tail or yanked out fur.  He looks like his daddy, yet he is more like me: quiet, empathetic, and tender-hearted.

They compliment each other perfectly,

and love each other unconditionally.

The most important thing to me is to maintain a close bond with my family. I pray for my children to always be best friends, and to always know they can count on any one of us for anything. The Lord has blessed us immensely with these two, and we very much look forward to the third :)