A month of firsts

What an exciting month we have had! We are all back in the swing of things after our nice long summer vacation.

Rory is slowing starting to walk and will now take 20-30 steps before resorting to crawling. Her preferred method of travel is still crawling but she is making great progress on her walking skills. Her new favorite thing is to push our little child sized shopping cart around the house. Funny, it is now Alex's favorite thing to do as well. The girls are learning to take turns with their toys and neither of them is enjoying that! Rory is talking up a storm although most of it is gibber jabber. She is saying kitty, shoes, doggie, toothbrush, Alex, Daddy, and Mommy. I am not sure that anyone other than us can understand her but it is a great start. Alex has also taught her sign language for more, eat and play so Rory is communicating nicely these days.

Alex is growing up before our eyes. Last weekend she woke up before everyone else so she just came downstairs and got a few toys out and played on the couch alone until we all woke up. It was the funniest thing to see her alone downstairs playing. She also will now take a couple toys up to her room to play alone when she has something that she doesn't want to share with Rory. Now that may seem mean but it is actually pretty wonderful. Alex is finally learning how to entertain herself and we are so happy to see her learning how to have fun without an adult helping her.

Alex and Rory both had haircuts this month and both look so cute! Rory loved her first cut and sat in the chair like a big girl with no complaints. Pat thinks she looks like Jim Carrey in Dumb and Dumber but I think she is adorable. Alex is sporting the cutest little bob which is perfect for summer and her active life.

We made a visit to Gigi and Baba's and Alex had fun again with the piano and Rory also has a new favorite musical instrument there...a musical card. Here is a little video of the fun. (To play the video left click on the arrow below the picture)

Alex had her first day of preschool yesterday which was quite a success. For the first day of class the teacher asked that parents stay with the kids which really helped her to feel comfortable. It also allowed me to get a bunch of pictures! I was so proud of Alex and how well she participated with the class. She truely loved every minute of it and I think it will be a great experience for her. Here are a couple pictures of the big day.