Listening

While Etta was in the bath this morning:

Mommy: Okay Etta, when you are done with your bath we need to put on medicine and lotion and then trim your fingernails and toenails.

Pause...

Mommy: Etta, what did I just say we are going to do?

Etta: Make pancakes!

Nice.

I Wanna Be Like You-oo-oo

Etta is a daddy's girl. Hands down. Anything and everything Bob does Etta would like to emulate.

For example: Bob wears this hat when he has to walk the dogs in the rain.



And as soon as we got home from a family walk in the rain, (Note: the kids were in our new double stroller that is pretty rain proof and toasty - to the point that both of them have fallen asleep in it two out of the four or so times we've taken it out) Etta wanted to put it on.

And everyday Bob brings up his hangers from the shower and hooks them to his dresser knobs for future use. One day Etta had to un-hang six of her own shirts so that she could hang her hangers like daddy. On daddy's dresser. Not her own.



Bob is the one that noticed the pattern. Nice.

A New Friend

We have added a couple of kids to our play group. Easton was born October 15th and so he is about six weeks younger than Mae. His mom said that she got him weighed yesterday and he is at 19 pounds 3 ounces. We will get Mae weighed next week and I'll let you know the comparison.

What interesting thing is going on over there?



Okay, we guess we will look at you for a minute.



Of course Mae has her legs drawn up. It seems to be her favorite way to lay. Which is ironic since her truly favorite thing is to be either straight as a board upright while you are holding her or in her walker. Go figure.

[This picture reminds me of when our play group first started and our "play dates" consisted of grown up mommy talk and snacks and immobile children...]

Sharing a Room

This morning Mae woke up much earlier than usual and was cooing away. Bob went in to see if he could restart her "sea horse", put in the pacifier and lull her back to sleep. As soon as he opened their bedroom door Etta called out "Mae keeps talking to me!!" I about busted a gut. So we brought Mae in to snuggle with us in hopes that Etta would fall back asleep. About five minutes later she bursts into our room and announces, "I'm ALL DONE sleep! It's day time!! Time to be awake!!!" Gotta love those girls.

Mmmmmmmmm

Last Sunday I started rice cereal with Mae. I think that she had been going through a growth spurt as our regular six ounces just wasn't getting the job done. Thankfully she loves to eat the cereal. Off of a spoon. It goes way faster than when she takes a bottle...

Yummy!

More, please!

Yes, I like it. Even if I'm not smiling.

Play time

Mae is loving the floor gym. She attacks it with wild abandon.

What cha doin?

Etta is very interested in Caleb's Leapster. Especially when he's playing Nemo, "'Cause dat's my FAVORITE!"