The Crosby Family: Our house these days.

JACK
He's still my crazy kiddo in every way. He is stubborn (although his tantrums are admittedly better lately), hilariously funny (more to come soon), and overall a truly entertaining little man. Some recent things...

His favorite color is blue. At meals, everything must be blue - his plate, spoon, fork, cup, etc.
He is addicted to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He is going to be the blue one (of course) for Halloween and he constantly has a sword, a "turtle stick," or some other weapon in his hand.
He always has "a good idea." He tries to convince Justin and I that his good ideas are really great by adding in "and take a nap" -- like this: "I've got a good idea! Let's go to the mall, go to the toy store, go to the park, eat a snack, take a nap, wake up, go to Target, and then go to the bouncy house! Is that a good idea?" Like adding in the nap is going to make us magically say yes to all those other ridiculous things.
He's into sleeping naked lately. Well, in his nighttime diaper only. (And sometimes he even tries to take that off.) He never wants to wear PJ's, even though our house gets down to like 60 degrees at night.
He has ninja moves. He always likes to show people his ninja moves - usually involving his weapons as noted above.
The kid has NO fear. We see this exhibited in his swimming, roller coasters, the diving board, etc. But it also involves social situations. At the park, he will go up to ANY kid (big, little, teenager, baby), and ask if they want to play with him. I have been trying to talk up "stranger danger" because while I don't want him to be super cautious all the time, his lack of discretion in talking to anyone scares me.
He is excelling at school. Every day he comes home with worksheets where he's learning to draw his letters, and he's doing great. He loves his friends and always has great stories about who has been bad and who has been good. Today, his best friend at school is Andrew. Yesterday, it was Jayden. Tomorrow, who knows??
Here are some pictures taken in the last week or two:

Last Monday, I took him to this place near us appropriately called "The Jungle."
He only got stuck a few times...me climbing in to save him wearing Caroline
in the Baby Bjorn was quite hilarious I'm sure.

Turtle sticks, ninja belt, and baby Caroline - always a good combo.

Watching "The Nightmare Before Halloween" with Daddy.

Mornings in the Crosby house before school!!

He's so big.

That's his "you've got to be kidding me" look.

Trying to fix his broken

Sleeping with a ninja sword. Safe and sound.

Another pair of new shoes...the kid's growing! YES!

CAROLINE
Our sweet girl is growing by the day! Her ability to do new things constantly amazes me. She has her 6-month checkup tomorrow morning (shots, poor girl!) and I can't wait to see how much she's grown.

She's an awesome nurser. She is not, however, an awesome solids eater. She now likes puffs, biter biscuits, and baby cookies that she can hold and gnaw herself. She hates anything pureed and mushed fed by spoon. We will keep working...she can't avoid silverware forever, right??
She can sit up unassisted, and can almost get to a sitting position on her own from laying down.
She rolls all over in her swaddle. It's insane what positions she can get herself into at night.
She grabs ANYTHING and EVERYTHING and it immediately goes into her mouth. I feel like she's much worse than Jack ever was at this, but I may have just blocked this part out of my mind. She's got a stealthy fast reach and can grab anything in range!
I moved our family seats around at the dinner table. Jack used to sit at the head with Justin and I at either side. Now, Caroline sits in the head in the big high chair, Jack in his wooden little chair, Justin next to him, and me across. It feels surreal and strange to have 4 of us at the table at night now!
She giggles and squeals and babbles and yells. A LOT!!!!! She's quite the talker :) I can't wait to hear all the things she has to say!
Here are some of her recent pictures: