I Do It!

It started last night when she put on her jammies all by herself.

It continued this morning, although not quite as successfully, when she insisted on putting her pants and shirt on herself.

The result.

She ran around the house in her diaper until lunch.





We have lots of pictures like these of the girls before bed. It's one of the few times they are both awake at the same time. Sarah really likes her sleep.

Manners

She has mastered please and thank you...now, we can start working on our table manners.

Books

This girl loves to read. Lately, she has picked up my books and read them outloud with her own words of course.

David stopped by a used book store with her on Saturday during their Daddy daughter time. He let her look through the books, and she settled on two Thomas the Train books.

She wouldn't let anyone touch them for the rest of the day.

Webcam

We love ours and often prefer it to the phone. Here we are talking to Lisa while she was in India for work.

Second Child

Before I had Sarah, I always felt kind of bad for the second child. I knew I wouldn't be able to give her the complete undivided attention that I gave Leah. Inevitably, there would be fewer pictures and less one-on-one time.
Now, I think the second child is quite lucky, at least in our house, to be on the receiving end of so much love. She is awakened by Leah giggling as she calls her name. Not only does she have parents looking out for her, she has an older sister who is always concerned about where she is and what she is doing. She is always surrounded by lots of toys, and she is often covered in stickers. She will have someone to laugh with, share secrets with, fight with, and make up with. It's great to have siblings.

Smiles

Sarah smiled for the first time a couple of days ago. It was so sweet. As you can see, I failed at trying to get a picture of it.



Some things about Sarah:

It looks like her eyes are going to be blue, and her hair might be red or at least reddish. Her eyebrows look especially red.

She is such a laid back girl.

My pregnancy with her was easy,despite having the stomach flu at least four times.

The delivery was a breeze even though she weighed over 9 pounds.

She regularly lifts up her upper left lip.

She looks great in purple.

She enjoys cuddling, and prefers laying on your shoulder when being held.

She loves to sleep. I read in Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child that babies her age shouldn't be up for more than 2 hours at a time, or they become overtired. Since reading this, I've been trying to pay attention to her sleep cues and the clock. I've noticed that she almost always starts to get tired at the hour mark. Today she slept from 9am to 11:30am and then from 12:30pm to 1:30. It's 3 o'clock now, and she just went back to sleep.

Cox Farms

October begins for us with a trip to Cox Farms. It has everything you need to kick off the fall season--pumpkins, corn stalks, apple cider, slides, and farm animals. The air was perfectly crisp without being too cold.

Leah was old enough to really enjoy it this year. She was so excited she barely said a word for at least the first 30 minutes, while she soaked everything in.

As for Sarah, she slept the entire time.