Milestones

I really need to give an update on the kiddos. First, Grantman. He is very advanced with his smiling :) No really, he smiles most of the day. I call him my "bright bit of sunshine". He is belly crawling and nearly crawling on hands and knees, which I am so not ready for. He is also......are you ready.......saying mama!!!! Of course, everyone and everything can be mama, but who cares. He loves Gracie the dog and tries to grab a chunk of her whenever he can. He is eating 3 meals of solids a day, with his favorite being carrots and least favorite peas. He is already exhibiting his boyish play skills by banging every toy given to him onto the tray of his highchair. He is officially now sitting in the highchair, no more bumbo seat for meals. Which brings me to Ella. She is an official big girl sitting at the table on a small booster. She had been eating her suppers still in the highchair (and at her little table for breakfast and lunch) but has reluctantly passed down the highchair to Grant. She still calls it "our highchair". It helped that the booster is pink ("Oh pinkie, my favorite color!") She is taking a ballet class and continues to show me moves with names I am totally unfamiliar with, since I never took dance. She has a recital coming up in December. I am so sad that Daddy will miss this, her first performance of any kind, ever. I will have to bring some friends for moral support. Since it is fall, she loves to collect acorns, leaves and flowers (yes, we still have flowers here in south Texas). She is also becoming quite the artist and is coloring, gluing and taping various art projects and likes to make "books". The other day I drew a person and she said to me, "Huh, I usually draw the people with the legs and arms coming out of their head. You gave them a body." Once she starts drawing bodies, I'm afraid that her art skills will surpass mine. What wonderful little blessings they are!