Busy Days

So it's been awhile since I last posted. We've been very busy lately. Right now Andy and I are getting ready for a trip to Iowa to see a friend get married. The kids can't make this trip so Aunt Betsy has stepped up and will be baby-sitting for the weekend. She comes in on Thursday and then Friday afternoon we'll leave for Iowa. Caleb and Sadie also will be taking their first trip to Idlewild on Sunday with Grandma and Grandpa Bush and Aunt Jackie. I'm a little bummed that I won't be able to be there but we'll be taking another trip later this summer.

This past Saturday, we took the kids to a little church fair over in Greenfield. We walked around and looked at the booths and listened to the music. There were some carnival rides set up for the little ones and Caleb rode the carousel all by himself. We also had him on a moon bounce and played the duck pond game. He didn't exactly want to pick up a duck. He was so happy laughing at them coming out of the tunnel. They had people dressed up as Tigger and a CareBear walking around and Caleb gave them both hugs. We even went down into the church basement and listened to the polka band for a little bit. He really liked the music but was a little scared of all the people trying to talk to him.

Caleb has entered into a bit of a shy stage. Any time strangers or even people he's just not sure about approach him, he hides his face and won't talk. It's been an interesting change in his personality because he's always been so friendly to everyone. Sadie on the other hand, has always seemed more cautious about different people.

Caleb's also expanding his animal sound vocabulary. He now says "da" for "quack", "eee" for a monkey sound, and "baa" for a sheep. He loves the book The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle and at the end of the story will say "ssss" and whisper because the spider goes to sleep at the end of the story. It's really cute and has been helpful keeping him quiet when Sadie's sleeping. We've also caught him saying "I see it" when pointing to different things. He's really interested in numbers and cars and trucks. His favorite book this week is Construction Countdown, which we read several times a day. He's also getting more into Bob the Builder because of all the construction vehicles.

Sadie is working hard at trying to stand up and is able to get around a bit on her tummy even though it's not really crawling. She's had a couple of close calls almost tumbling off the bed. She's trying more and more food but still no teeth. And she loves Caleb so much. She spends much of her day just watching him play.

so that's it from here- we'll see how they do this weekend