Kid Updates!

I'll start with Daphne, since I took a couple of pictures of her today. I need to get a video of her crawling about. It's great! She is crazy and keeps us all so entertained! She can entertain herself like crazy, and loves interacting with Wyatt and Annabelle (and any other kids). She wants to communicate so badly! She uses the sign for "more" no less than a thousand times a day. We're left to figure out what she wants "more" of: stories, food, music, playing, etc. It's a crack up! She loves music, and moving her body to it. Annabelle got a CD player for Christmas. Daph goes crazy w/the 'more' when she sees the CD player. Also, she'll crawl back to AB's room, see it, and then come crawling back out signing 'more' all the way (and sometimes crying), until we go get it and play some music!

Last night at dinner (Matthew's in OC for polo), the kids and I were taking a vote for what we would have for dinner tonight. Wyatt was leading the discussion. He and I had voted on a something, then AB voted on the other thing. Next thing we know, we looked over at Daph and she's got her hand raised up high, voting just like the rest of us. It was hysterical! She's very observant, and wants to be a part of everything!

She still loves animals. She freaks whenever she sees dogs (or whatever else - we just happen to see dogs most often). She says ba for ball and loves to throw them or roll them between us. I would also like to get a video of one of us asking her to say mama. She's got a great sense of humor already...when we ask her to say Mama, she gets a sly smile and very emphatically says, "Papa!". We, of course, react wildly, and she just loves it!

She's loving to walk around holding our hands, but really hasn't started cruising on furniture, yet. Her sleep schedule is so unpredictable it's kinda funny, but not! She for sure has dropped a nap, but when and how long her other nap is seems to vary widely. Could in part be due to more teeth showing up. Who knows... the great part is that her disposition is consistent: happy. She has a warmth about her that strangers always comment on. She brings so much joy to all of us!

Here are a couple of pictures I took today. Get ready to lose your mind over how stinkin' cute she is! The space between her two front teeth seems to be quite wiiiiiiiide!

I made this shirt for her, for Valentine's Day. Enjoy our sweet Daph! :)

This is her crazy, very excited face! If only you could hear the sound she makes with it!