Second sign learned

Alexa signed "milk" to me today. She had signed it a few times before, but didn't seem all that sure in what she was signing. But today, she was very definitive in telling me.

She is getting quite good at signing "all done" and she also tries to say it at the same time, it almost sounds like all done. She was saying "Mama" a lot today.

I think Alexa is still suffering from this stomach bug we all picked (for the second time in two weeks), she had nasty diapers yesterday and was still throwing up today. It is difficult to tell when she is vomitting versus spitting up, because she spits up daily at least 10 times and it is not just milk.

Alexa is growing attached to Daddy, she whines and cries for him in the morning and when he comes home. Tonight, both JoElle and Alexa rushed to Daddy at the door when he got home! It was really cute. He was holding both of them. Alexa was crying for him before he got home, she couldn't figure out why it was dark and he wasn't home. I called him and he talked to her on the phone, she smiled, then tried to look at the phone to see if she could see him.

Alexa is doing very well standing up on her own, without pulling up. She still loves t.v. especially Superwhy. She loves to bounce up and down to songs. She FINALLY mastered a sippy cup, I thought she would never learn how to do it, she was not interested, she wanted a regular cup only.

Of course, she is teething again. This time, it is two back molars and two of the canines. After these 8 come in, she will be done until her 2 yr old molars come in.

JoElle learned to write the letter "G" today and I also taught her the story about David and Goliath. We also talked about some other G words, God and gingerbread. She loves gingerbread! She loves God, too.

Oh yeah, last night she was singing "Yes Jesus named me Coats, yes Jesus named me Coats..." hehe it was cute!

JoElle has been taking good care of me lately with my back aching so badly. She likes to doctor me! Yesterday she was doctoring me and I told her she was a great dr, she told me she was being a Mommy, not a dr! How true, Mommy's are doctors too. Then I reminded her that Aunt Ana is a Mommy and a doctor, too :)

JoElle was also planning her "baby's" birthday party, it will be this Saturday at the mall. We will have cupcakes, we will buy some so we don't have to make them, and we will also make some so Alexa can eat them, without lactose. We will play some games, too.

Oh yeah, during this planning, she learned how to measure things around the house, including herself, using nonstandard measuring. She used a hollow plastic tube to measure herself, the counter, the balance beam, the playhouse. She saw this on Sid the Science Kid last week. It was a good idea, though, we enjoyed it.

Waving hi and bye and saying hi!

Alexa is waving hi to us all the time now, and to the t.v. and anything else she can think of! She is also saying "Hi!" when she is doing it.

She sometimes says "Mama" still, but mostly goes around saying "Dada" and "dada" for byebye, just slightly softer, while she waves.

She is signing milk sometimes and signs all done, but with only one hand instead of two. Today she started playing peekaboo with me all on her own by putting a blanket over her head! Also she likes to rock back and forth to play with me b/c I was looking around her at the t.v. today and she thought I was playing with her!

Alexa has such a great sense of humor, just like JoElle always has!

She still plows over anybody in her way, especially her sister. We can't get her to stop biting, she is finally a little bit better about not crying so much when she is getting a diaper change, but we are working on when we change her clothes.
She hated it when Daddy puts her in the car seat and she follows him around the house in the morning as he gets ready for work, trying to get him to pick her up!

Guess who took her first steps???

Yes! Alexa took her first two steps unassisted! (8 1/2 months old)

She really suprised us; she was bouncing all over the place tonight and we were looking at each other wondering why she had so much energy?

Then she pulled up on the couch (like always) but this time, when she let go, she took two steps to me!

It was great to see her face light up as we all cheered for her! JoElle and Tim were clapping so hard and were so excited for Alexa!

JoElle likes feeding Alexa bottles

JoElle has always loved to feed her sister bottles, even now, when Alexa feeds
herself bottles, JoElle still helps out!

Letter F: Memory Verse

Galatians 5:22

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith

Here is a coloring sheet we will be using:

http://www.tne.net.au/~abdaacts/images/fruit.gif

Where was God born?

In the car today I told JoElle that Jesus was born in Bethlehem; so she wanted to know where God was born. I explained to her that God has been around forever and ever and ever...that he was not created by anyone or anything, but he created everything, including us. I also told her that God will be here forever and ever...that is called "eternity." She liked that word.

Earlier JoElle asked Tim and me how do you buy furniture? Tim told her you go to a furniture store. The next thing she was wondering is, "How do they scan it? Do they have a really big scanner?" hehe I couldn't stop laughing long enough to tell her they have a handheld scanner!

I love her questions, they always make me chuckle!

8th tooth

Alexa got her 8th tooth today, top 2nd to her right.
Next comes molars...