Monday, December 24, 2012

Teething, writing -- we're busy

I only have a moment but I wanted to make sure to write a few updates before more days went by...

The baby is clearly teething. He's got two little buds just under his gums that look like they're threatening to push up AND he's been pretty uncomfortable. For him, he's unhappy and irritable. I'm hoping he gets two little bottom teeth for Christmas! Also, he's on the verge of crawling for real. He can get up on all fours but still does the worm to get anywhere, however getting somewhere he can! He can also go from laying down in his crib to standing up by pulling himself up on the bars. He only started this today and, wow, things are moving fast.

About a month ago, Carolina brought home a project on which she traced her name. I didn't know she could do this, so we started doing a lot of tracing so she could practice writing -- and gave us an excuse to make some great Christmas cards. Well, about a week ago, when we got to the last of the Christmas cards, she insisted on writing herself. I'd just tell her the letters and she'd do it on her own. She is doing a really impressive job of forming letters. I'm terribly proud of her and, better yet, she is proud of herself!

Yesterday we baked cookies for Santa and it's the first Christmas that Carolina is old enough to not only understand what's going on but also is really involved with it and getting excited. It's pretty fun.

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