And we call him "Baby Saver"

Oh sure she looks sweet and innocent, but do not be fooled. She has a wish, a desire, a goal perhaps, to plummet to the bottom of our stairs. Take your eyes off her for .15 seconds and she will be at the top of the stairs one chubby wrist length away from disaster. Sure, one could solve this problem with a baby gate, OR one could just enlist of big brother.

She is less than pleased when this flying toddler leaps over her and plants himself at the stairs.

High quality cell phone pictures really capture the action.

He takes his job very seriously. Very. He will literally run and throw himself in front of his dear sister (okay or sometimes grab ahold of the collar of her shirt) to keep her from going down the stairs. And he's quite proud of himself- he always shouts, "It's okay, I got Sissy!" And then he will go about his business of washing the dishes or whatever other task his mother really should be doing.

Bravo Henry, bravo.

She's got spirit, yes she does.

Little Miss E is all about the personality. This girl is in what we affectionately refer to as "full on turd" mode." She is everywhere and into everything and luckily has not figured out that her shrieks of joy give away her location every time.

It used to be that whoever was on bath time duty had it easy. Sit on the toilet and zone out on the ipad while Henry played. Now that we've thrown sis in, it's a whole different ball game. Goodbye to relaxation and hello to there is a slippery baby trying to drown at any moment. Her favorite bath game at the moment is to pull herself up and then promptly throw herself back down in the water. Oh the hilarity.

Say what? It's spinach/pea/broccoli mac and cheese night? Sign me up! And no, I sure won't keep my bib on. Mom has plenty of time to work on getting stains out of my clothes.

If it were realistic, I would install a playground swing in my living room. Scrunched up nose and squinty eyes mean this girl is loving life.

When they aren't pooping in the tub or shrieking in the wee hours of the morning, these two sure do warm my heart.