four !

Four! My boys turned 4 already and I am trying to figure out were time went. After the year we had we had a quiet but beautiful birthday. The boys got spoiled with presents from friends and family and of course from myself. Niklas stayed home as he had a bit of  fever on the weekend, so we spend all day together. We had BBQ for lunch and played outside with the new toys (T-ball and Basketball).

The best present we got was the news from Jacobs doctor that we can make an appointment to have the broviak removed.

Four, soon they will be five and then off o school in two years. Honestly it feels just like yesterday that I was pregnant with them and that they celebrated their first birthday.

I am sad that neither me mom nor me dad will see them grow up. It's times like these were I feel robbed of my time with them. On the other side, in the past year other relatives stepped in to support us (even though they live quite day away) and I am getting closer to them again (some I saw regularly when I was a kid/teen but then lost touch with). Still wish my dad could have met my boys and teach them how to play football (Niki might be a keeper like his grandpa) and other things. And I wish the boys could have had more then 2,5 years with their grandma. I asked Niki the other day if he remembers his 'Omi' and he wasn't sure who I was talking about. OK this post just took an unexpected turn that wasn't planned but I leave it like that.

Still 4 is a milestone reached. They are still slightly behind boys their own age but not much apart from talking. Jacob is talking more now and is on the level of  2 year old. We started speech therapy (Friday) and he needs to basically build up vocabulary but he has made great progress from the operation last year (when he could not really hear) to now. Niklas understands everything but just has trouble forming the words and he too needs to build up vocabulary (more so then Jacob). He will take more work but we will get there.

Other then that they are to incredible boys. Niklas is very empathetic, always willing to help, he loves animals, Jessie and him are best friends, he's testing his boundaries, loves being outside and loves to cuddle.
Jacob is a little fighter, always smiling (he's  mini-me), he loves being outdoors, he would like to have chickens and loves our cats. He get's frustrated easily when things don't go the way they should. He loves to give hugs in the mornings.

As I said they turn in two incredible boys and I love to watch them grow (just down grow up too quickly)