Kids' Update

Our kids are such great stages right now. Lily is so much fun to talk and play with. She has such an imagination now. We'll read a book about animals and she'll put her hand out next to her and say "See? I have a pet (elephant, kitty-cat, duck or whatever we read about). Her name is Daisy." Every since meeting Daisy Duck at Disney World, every animal has been named Daisy. However, today we were reading a book, and she pointed out the frog on one of the pages. I said "Hi little frog." She looked at me and said "He can't hear you. He is on the page in the book." I guess her imagination isn't always at work. She also loves to cook in her kitchen to make soups (probably because one of her favorite Little Einstein's shows is called "Rocket Soup), salads and lemonade. I look forward to really teaching her to cook with me.

A couple of cute little stories about our sweet girl...
1. We were going over to the Shafer's house for dinner Saturday evening. Their oldest daughter, Alexis, is about a month younger than Lily; their youngest daughter, Christen, is two months younger than Mia. We have a lot in common these days! Even though Diane and I talk often, it has been a few months since we all had the chance to get together. As were getting ready to leave the house, I told Lily we were going to Alexis' house. She got really excited and said "She is my favoritest friend in the whole world." They had a great time playing together.
2. Lily loves to do the "search and find" books. On the back of one of the books is a picture of another search and find book. For several weeks, Lily would point to the picture every time we read the book, and say "I want that book. We go to the store and buy it. You have to pay for it first. Okay Mommy?" Well, I was at BJ's on Friday and they had the book. I couldn't resist. I bought it and after Lily's afternoon snack, I told her I had a surprise for her. As soon as I pulled out the book, she got so excited! We immediately sat down to read it, and she told me thank you when we finished. The joyful look on her face was priceless. In two days we have probably read that book at least two dozen times. It's the first book she goes to in the morning or after nap time. She loves it. She has told me thank you multiply times and has told Ryan several times that "Mommy bought it for me." This is the first thing she has truly wanted and is so grateful to receive it. It is very easy for me to see how parents spoil their children; it makes me so happy to see her so happy and excited!

Remember how I had shoulder surgery on Monday? Well I have been told not to pick up anything heavy (i.e., Lily) for 6 weeks. She seems to understand this, but she doesn't like it. I have to remind her multiple times a day that I can't pick her up because of my boo-boo. She always asks to see my scar and when I show it to her, she says "Ahhh. I have boo-boo on my shoulder. I go to Dr. White's office and she make it better." This morning as we were eating breakfast I asked her if she had any good dreams; she said "Un-huh" so I asked what they were. She said "you picked me up." Talk about driving a knife into my heart. We all are looking forward to a full recovery soon!

I put some pictures of the girls together in the blog post before this one, but here are a couple individual pictures of them.

Lily loves to read.

Mia is just a happy little girl!
Mia absolutely loves her jumpy! She will jump for 30 minutes or so as happy as can be. She goes up and down, front to back and side to side. She loves it!

Look at that adorable little foot and hand.

I love those eyes!