On the recovering end of a cold Eve still
managed two big accomplishments today. 1) She cut a new tooth.
That makes two! And 2) she climbed up our step stool in the
bathroom this afternoon and then onto Lex’s toddler bed this
evening. She was really tired and basically waiting for me to
get done with Lex after the bath. She grabbed her doggie and
made an effort at getting into her crib (unsuccessful, of
course) so she went over to his bed and climbed in :) She’s so
adorable!!

Alan is reading them stories
now and Lex and Eve are so adorable. They’re both holding their
doggies and Lex is very silly tonight. For several minutes he
was trying to pull the words off the pages of the books. Eve is
reading her own little book and patiently waiting her turn.
They’re so sweet!!

Can you believe we’re coming up on a year
already!! She’s getting so big and so very happy. Last night
she was reading John Grisham, how’s that for advanced! :) She
didn’t seem to care for it much though, probably a little too
gritty for her taste. We’re celebrating the day by doing not
much of anything. We’ll end it with dinner with some friends,
so maybe she’ll enjoy that. Probably not since it will be past
her bedtime and no where near her bed. Oh well.

She’s so mobile these days, walking everywhere
with just the smallest bit of support. She also talks up a
storm and I think she’s started singing recently. She knows
several baby signs (daddy, more, all done, bye (kind of), and
down). She also has some phrases that aren’t clear, but
definitely sound like phrases, her favorite being “there she
is!” (have I posted about this before, it sounds familiar as I
type) She has also started climbing on things, such as the high
chair, hearth, and stools. She has definitely reached that age
where you have to watch them closely because baby goes up,
anything she can reach comes down, and anything that will fit
goes in the mouth. All together makes for a interesting age :)
And she is an amazing baby!

Lex is totally reading these days. It
amazes me. He likes to read the paper with me in the morning
and he sees words, sounds them out, and gets so excited :) He
read “Food Store” yesterday and then asked for help with
“Specials.” We read the comics together and he read “My dad got
a” in Baby Blues, but gave up on “speeding” and asked for help.
The longer words are tougher (obviously) because he can sound
them out, but forgets the beginning by the time he gets to the
end :) Alan says he has that problem too! It’s just amazing to
watch him go. He points out signs to me and even asks questions
about them (“no what?” he says, pointing to a No Parking sign).
My sister bought a bunch of Sunday papers while she was here
and Lex spent Monday with the papers spread all over the living
room floor. He walked around looking at them and pointing out
words. He’s also starting pointing out the page numbers. The
other day he said, “An that’s B5, yeah!” (still very self
congratulatory). I had to ask, “B5? What is B5?” and he pointed
right to the page number. I know I’ve said it before, but it’s
just so cool to watch little brains learn and grow.