A long overdue update

It's five months later now and life is just chugging along so fast that there's hardly any time to update. But, the holidays are upon us now, so how about a quick recap of the past few months. When asked, Hayden said that she's most proud of the fact that she "close eyes and go night night on mat." She also, "play soccer right now" (with, in this case a plastic head from some long forgotten toy). After rolling the ball under the couch, she went to find "Baby Kaya" to ask where the ball might be. But, now, she's cheering her sister on as Kaya rolls back and forth on the floor. Other Kaya milestonse: She can sit up unassisted (for a few minutes anyway; then she topples over onto the floor.) She also eats rice cereal, which she seems to like, as long as you're willing to treat it like spackle and just keep on filling her mouth as she thrusts her tounge in and out. As for sleep, not great. Unlike Hayden, who didn't like going to bed on her own, Kaya is happy to be put down awake at night, and she can fall asleep on her own. She just wakes up. A lot. All night. Over, and over and over again, to the point that we're thinking of putting the number for the gypsies on speed dial. But, we're hopeful. Guardedly optimisitic.

As for Hayden, she talks up a storm and is a total big girl. Right now, she's "calling" Maria on the phone, and she'll probably have a long conversation about cabbages and kings, most of which will make sense to the casual listener. She knows she has brown hair, brown eyes, and she can name all of her body parts and the color of pretty much everything. Right now she's just announced that she's going to "go potty poop". She's had some success at daycare, but not at home yet. So, this could be a first.

Today we're all home doing the happy snowday dance. In a few minutes we'll decorate the Christmas tree (it's been up for two weeks. It went a week with no lights, and now it has lights, garland and bows. We're hoping to put the finishing touches on today.