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This week has been eventful. Alice has started smiling at funny sounds and especially when Daniel talks to her. She loves when Daniel gets down on the floor and "plays" with her. Daniel on the other hand has completely reverted to being a baby. He wants a blanket wrapped around him all the time, he takes "rests" on the couch like Alice, he whimpers and cries instead of talking, and is convinced that tummy time is the best time. The only big problems we have are when Daniel throws his trucks which until recently wasn't a huge problem, today that is all he has been doing. These are cute pics of Alice playing with her toys. As you can see she can already grab them and turn toward them.





Alice is growing a lot and quickly. She made it through her very first Sunday at church. Everyone told me how small she is and I kept thinking, you should have seen her at three weeks...she was even smaller. Daniel has become kind of the mob king in nursery which is not as awesome as the title might imply. He acted out a lot in sacrament meeting and I think Alice being there and competing with her in just one more arena may have caused him to snap a little bit. Hopefully after Monday things will be better.

Jason and I are still looking for a house and I think we have confused Daniel by asking him what he thinks about all the homes we go to look at. But we are really hoping that one of the homes we have liked will work out. I am excited for everything except the actual move. It was hard enough moving to the third floor and that was a lot of furniture ago. I just hope when we do move it will be the last one for a long time.

This is Daniel's new favorite toy. Thanks Dad!

Comments

Megan said…
Haha! Anna's new favorite toy is a box too. I am scared that Anna is going to revert to being a baby when ours arrives and all that potty training will go down the drain. She has actually been doing REALLY well with potty training...all but #2 that is. Yeah - the fun one! Any who, so we should get together soon. I want to see you guys!
Cynthia said…
She is getting big!
Poor Daniel- it is hard adjusting to a new sibling.
Good luck with your house hunting!

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