Becca turned a year old a little over a week ago. We decided to wait until she is 2 to have her big party with friends. So this year we spent the day at Disneyworld with her Grammy and Grandpa Hal. It was a perfect day!
She started crawling just after she turned 10 months. What a relief! We took her in to get evaluated to see if she needed physical therapy just as Jonah did. She qualified for the program but since she is moving so much more than Jonah was, I declined. I think she'll be just fine - maybe a little late in her gross motor skills - but just fine.
She is the cutest little girl. She loves playing games. Her favorite is "copy my sound". It's so easy to get a smile out of her - all you have to do is make whatever sound she is making and she lights up! She also has the sweetest little laugh I've ever heard! We love it when she's happy. And most of the time she is. But when she's not happy about something, she'll let you know! But her happy moments are worth the effort of finding what it is she's not happy about and fixing it. She is an especially loved little girl. What a year its been!
Jonah has decided that Becca is pretty cool after all. This is a good thing because Becca would love nothing more than to follow Jonah around all day and play with him. Once Jonah gets use to sharing, I'll think they'll be the best of friends!
As for Jonah - what an amazing little man we have! He talks so well and is so well mannered. Yes, we have finally hit the terrible twos - but those moments are few and far between, and fortunately don't last long. He just wants to be happy!
We recently got him an indoor slide for the playroom and he spends most of his day on it. I love to listen to him sing and slide. It's gotten him more active, that's for sure. Once in a while he'll still find a book and read for a while, which is great! But he doesn't spend as much time in front of the tv as he use to, which is even better! I think he was just bored of all the baby toys. Go figure!
Jonah's most favorite things right now, aside from his slide, are spaceships, Buzz Lightyear, and Mickey Mouse. It's so fun to watch him start making his own choices as to what he wants to do, what toys he wants to sleep with, what songs he wants to dance to, and all the other stuff that we use to choose for him. I can't believe how quickly he's growing!
Dwight is doing well in his 3rd semester of Grad School. He'll have a little bit of a break soon before he starts his capstone. I really don't know what that means, but apparently its important and he's looking forward to it being over with.
As for me, I'm loving spending as much time with my two special friends and my hubby as I can. I get my outlets: singing in choirs, the occasional massage, and spending time with a few of my amazing friends.
I feel really blessed.
Here are some pictures of what we've been up to the last few months (out of order of course, because this is blogspot after all :)
Peek-A-Boo!
Happy Birthday, beautiful Becca!
This is a picture at Disneyworld where we let Becca have her first piece of cake. It wasn't as messy as it could have been, but she sure loved it!
Jonah is not that crazy about Becca touching his things - but he gets over it very quickly. He gets better at sharing every day!
