Stuff Around Here

Here are some random "goings-on" at our house, mostly for the sake of the grandparents!!

Sam has been hearing "no, no" a lot lately!  His big vices have been trying to open the oven door (obviously not good) and pulling things out of the trash can (also very bad for him and me!!).  He also likes to pull books off the bookshelves.  On the cuter side, he has been very, very huggy and lovely lately.  He now has 7 teeth.  He is also very consistently falling asleep on his own and sleeping through the night!!  Yeah for all of us!!!  He waved bye-bye for the first time this weekend and Ryan has taught him to say "Da-da" "Mum-mum" and "Bub-bub" (brother) and he seems to be catching on that those are our names.  He's a sharp little guy that catches on to things quickly.  His eyes have stayed Hazel.  Can you believe he will be ONE on Sunday???

Alex has been doing a great job using a "big boy" cup.  He has had very few spills and usually does a great job going slowly and using both hands.  He has been VERY proud of himself for this!!  It's cute.  He now knows all of his letters, most of the shapes and colors, and numbers up through 10 and is catching on to the "teens."  He enjoys making marks on his doodle pad and then proclaiming it to be whatever letter he thinks it looks like--his version of writing.  He has been given the privilege of walking along side the grocery cart in stores and has behaved really well when doing so.  He has also had some potty training success lately that has given me hope for the future!  He was also VERY proud of that!  In short...he's growing up!