Still attached at the hip??? A shout-out to Laurin.

Laurin Headley is my life-long best friend. We met when we were 4 and as we were growing up, our family and friends always told us we were attached at the hip (I still don't really know what that means...). Anyway, a few weeks ago, I sent out birth announcements for Graham. Having never seen the ones Laurin picked out for her son, Sawyer, I evidently picked the exact same ones for Graham. We thought that was funny. Then last week after I finally updated my blog, changed the background, and put my blog list back up, I got around to checking my friends' blogs for the first time in FOREVER. Guess what? Same background as Laurin. This blog is just a silly little note to say: Sorry for always copying you, Laurin! It's not intentional! I'd change the background of this blog again, but it took me forever to do it this time, so I guess we're stuck matching for a little while! :) Also, I'm SOOOO happy you picked the name Jack! Can't wait to meet him!

Our Not-So-Little Girl

Last week I posted about Graham and his first 10 weeks, but I want to be sure not to leave out our precious little Kate, who is growing more and more into a little girl and leaving the "baby" role up to her little brother  now! Kate turned 19 months on Sunday and it's hard to believe she's closer to 2 now than 1! She definitely acts like it, too!

We are more and more impressed with the things she just "picks up" without even being taught...for instance, a few weeks ago I was reading/singing an ABC book with Kate and after I said "A, B, C" Kate proceeded to sing the rest of the letters all the way through H! Neither of us realized she was picking up on her alphabet, but sure enough a few days later, she sang through S! I've heard her sing the whole alphabet now (some letters don't come out quite right, but it's obvious what she's singing) and count from 1-10 (usually missing 1 number - either 8 or 9)!! Evidently during a trip to Saint George last week, she pointed out a star, heart, and circle to Michelle! How is my little Kate old enough to be learning all this stuff?!?!  

Kate has definitely become a fan of singing in general. She'll sing Elmo's song (the lalala part), the ABC's, Old McDonald (the EIEIO part followed by a "oink, oink"), Jesus Loves Me (she sings "Jesus, Jesus loves me, Bible" and kinda hums the in between parts), the Wheels on the Bus (she sings "Round and Round, Round and Round, the Town," again humming in between and doing the motions). A few weeks ago I played Ring Around the Rosy with her maybe twice, and about a week ago I started singing it while I was feeding Graham and she immediately started spinning around and fell down at the end! I didn't realize she would remember! Since then she's been singing "Ashes, Ashes, DOWN!" and spinning and falling...so adorable! 

Her vocabulary is still growing and her pronunciation of words getting so much better! "Movie" sounds like it should now, as  opposed to "Bo0Boo." She refers to things as being "Mommy's" or "Daddy's" or "Graham's" - especially our shoes, keys/purses, and Grahams bottles, paci's, etc. I could go on and on and on about how much she is learning and how precious she is! We are definitely just so amazed at her and are so thankful that Kate was finally discharged from the developmentalists that she had to see ever since her seizures! Her neurologist was also impressed at our last visit (in February) and we don't have to see him again for a year! God has truly been so good to us, to Kate, and we are so thankful for all of your prayers! Please keep praying for her and for our family!

A few recent pics:

A Few Favorites of Graham

Here we are and another 6 weeks has passed! Our tiny little bundle of joy is quickly growing into a BIG bundle of joy!! Graham is such a sweet little baby...he loves to hear his mommy, daddy, and even sister talk and sing to him and he's getting pretty good at "talking" back to us, too!! He started smiling around 5 1/2 weeks and hasn't stopped! He really does have such a good nature - even as I type this he is on his playmat looking at himself in the mirror and just talking and smiling at himself! And that's saying something, because he has accomplished another "first" this week: his first cold. :( Our poor little guy and his big sister are coughing and sneezing up a storm...and Mommy isn't getting much sleep because she's staying up all night listening to him breathe! :) Thankfully, he is still sleeping well for the most part, which, for him is about 8 hours a night right now. He's not quite as great of a sleeper as his big sister was, but he's a big boy (12 pounds, 6 ounces and 24 inches long at 9 1/2 weeks) and he needs to eat! :) I know I'm way behind on pictures, but I've picked a few of our favorites of his first 10 weeks of life...hope you enjoy catching up on our new addition!

We love you, Graham!!!