Colds

Two weeks ago we got really busy and I didn't have much time to blog so I didn't put up alot of the updates. Now, the task seems slightly overwhelming. So if the posts seem a little scrambled and out of order I'm just trying to remember it all. The girls have been sick for the last week which is the reason for the shortage of pictures. And we're still sick :(

Walking Backwards - Yesterday Nathan and I were just sitting on the couch talking and enjoying being with our girls. Meredith is so entertaining to just watch. She just jabbers away and runs around. At one point we were watching her walking backwards. Every once in a while she'd turn around to make sure she wasn't going to run into anything. It was so cute. The girls love it when I turn on the music because we dance and sing and run around and do all sorts of tricks - like walking backwards. I take both of their hands and we practice walking backwards, sideways, twirling and any sort of tumbling I can think of that I think they can do. It was fun to watch Meredith do it on her own.

She also says the funniest things. Like, "Here you go baby." LOL. I call her "baby" still. I really need to stop it. But, I'll hand her a snack or a drink and say "Here you go baby." Now, she'll bring me something and give it to me and say "Here ya go, baby." Both of the girls say funny things, but right now that's the only one I can think of. Meredith has a lot of animal names down and their sounds. I have their little halloween bags out, because they are cute and I let the girls play with them. They are little felt bags. One of them has a cat on it and Meredith grabs it and says "meow, meow". Bird is probably her best animal. I like to keep bird food out on the porch because the girls LOVE to see the birds and point them out to me. Meredith is always saying "see, see". Or "look, look." I'm always pointing out things to them and saying "Do you see that?" or "Look at that.". That's typically followed by what it is, either me asking and they tell me, or I tell them what it is, or what color it is, etc. Meredith is growing so fast, but she's still very much my baby, especially when I compare her to how big Emily is. Meredith gets treated more like a baby at her age then Emily did at her age. Probably just because I had nobody else to really compare her to.