Talking..milestones

Kristen has been repeating pretty much every word that we say..she also is recognizing zoo animals and saying their sounds without being prompted..she's so dang smart!! Can you tell we are proud??!!

Laughing

Austin laughed for the first time Tuesday, February 20,2007. Paul was, of course, jostling him around!

Pray

Kristen has now learned how to pray..before meals we pray for Mommy, Daddy, baby Austin, Raleigh (our dog), Marmee, and Uncle Joe. She loves to say Amen and clap when the prayer is over...

Play food...

A couple of days ago Kristen was playing with her kitchen and was making me all kinds of pretend food. She would hand me a plate and a fork and I had to pretend what I was eating. Suddenly it clicked to her that I needed some food on her plate so she took my plate back and went to her kitchen and got me a piece of "plastic" pizza, ran over to me and said, "Mommy, Mommy!". It was so fun to see her pretend playing.

She also loves to get water from her sink in a cup, (that has no actual water) and run over to me to have me drink it..it is the best water I have ever tasted!!

Wow, has it been a long time since I have written about what Kristen is up to and now her baby brother Austin! Well, Kristen absolutely loves Austin..she can't get enough of him. She loves to tickle him, especially his feet, kiss him and take pictures with him. Every now ant hen she tries to pick him up..but mommy comes to his rescue of not being dropped on his head. She also, loved to cover him up with a blanket and tell him, "Night, night". She has been excited about him since the day he was born. When she first met him she just couldn't stop looking at him and smiling the biggest smile I had ever seen. There is no doubt she loves her brother.

So, what new things is Kristen doing..talking up a storm. She has her own language plus english thatshe uses regularly everyday! Right now she is into praying with us. She loves to say, "Pray" when we tell her we are going to pray, and she also loves to hold our hands during the prayer. A couple of weeks ago at dinner she bowed her head when we started to pray, but instead of Daddy praying, it was Kristen. She said, "Dea Lor, biddi boddi baddi bah. YaY!!" She was so excited that she was the one saying the prayer.

This week Kristen has been super sick with a high fever, bad cough, double ear infection, and super sore throat. Good times here! The greatest part is when we saw the doctor and she asked Kristen to take a deep breath, Kristen was able to follow her example! It was so fun to see her be able to do that.

Tonight, Kristen was playing at her kitchen, totally pretending. She was taking her play dishes and washing them in the sink, meanwhile pretending to wash her hands in between each dish. It is so great to see her mind pretending and her reaching great milestones.

Other things have happened I just can't think of them now..so until I remember..have good times.