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Big event in our household this week... Drew has his first loose tooth! He was eating a taco last night and kept complaining his tooth hurt. I checked it out and sure enough, one of his front bottom teeth is loose. He's pretty pumped and keeps talking, and talking, and talking about it.

In other news, Claire is walking. She has slowed down a little since falling a few times but she is starting to get brave again and is just taking off. She is very proud of herself and it's cute to watch. Claire is VERY attached to her baby that she got for Christmas. She cannot sleep without it and carries it around with her wherever she goes. Her new favorite thing is to find a piece of clothing from the floor or a laundry basket and put it on her head like a hat.

Reese's new thing is not so fun... he's into pouting. I have no idea where he learned it but when he's frustrated he sticks out his bottom lip, drops his shoulders and then his head. It is funny to see but we're still trying to encourage him not to do it.

I guess our other big news is we got our dog, Jazz, back from our friends. When we moved into our new house nearly 2 years ago, we didn't have a yard (just mud). Our friends, the Mailands, kindly took Jazz to live with them. They took great care of her and we got to see her fairly often since Sarah Mailand babysits for the boys regularly. The boys have missed her and have asked when she could come back to live with us. Well, I must have caught Tom on a VERY good day because he agreed and now she's back with us. The kids are really enjoying her and so far it's been a very easy adjustment to have her back with us.

The boys are taking good care of Jazz. Reese set her up with pillows and blankets for her nap on the couch...