He's growing up so quickly

I can feel Josh's first tooth coming through--finally at over 8 months old!

He also took a step or two without holding on to anything--YOWSA!

And, Oma thinks he said Ba ba when playing with a ball.

My little baby is growing up-I'm not ready for that to happen so quickly

Parent Teacher Conference

We met with Miss Marsha for a parent-teacher conference. Most of the information she gave us does not surprise us--it describes Mikayla to a T.

Mikayla loves to cut and Miss Marsha is impressed by that. She showed us some of the examples of cutting that Mikayla does.

They are spending a lot of time on the alphabet. Mikayla could recognize 6 capital letters and 2 small letters. I have noticed she has been interested in this and is asking what the letters are when I read her stories. She couldn't put the sounds of the letters together yet but this is something we have just been working on. She also doesn't recognize numbers yet but is working on it.

Mother's Day

This is what it is to be a Mother. Seeing Josh or Mikayla in a room and the only person in the room who they want is you. No one else will do.

8 months and no teeth yet! Every day I expect to see one from my drooling, diaper rash baby and none keep coming.

Mikayla practicing for her dance recital. This will be interesting.

May

Josh is walking when holding on to things and will remain steady on his feet for a few minutes at a time. He is starting to be a mommy's boy but maybe that is because he knows where the next mealtime is coming from. He likes doing his zeeberts and loves laughing at his sister.

Mikayla is always cracking us up. She loves her friends. At Sunday School (or as daddy claims she calls Special Sauce) she loves going to see Uncle Dave, Mr. Keiser, and of course Miss Gracie (her very special older best friend) She loves going to Mandarin class and playing with Sarah, the Mias, Evangeline, and Ellie (and of course seeing Mr. Craig afterwards) At school, she thinks Miss Marsha and Miss Melloy (Melanie)

She is enjoying spring and picking dandelions to give as bouquets to her special friends.
Daddy had a campout with Nicholas and Mikayla got a special treat and was able to sleep with Mommy. She was telling Daddy about it and he asked what the special occasion was and she said it was because she didn't whine.