Moving on up!!

Miss M has been getting a little more skilled in maneuvering her body around the house the past couple weeks. She can now sit up by herself from laying down and has been getting up on her knees to check things out...like the contents of her diaper bag! :) Today, she became even a little more vertical...check this out!

Hammin' it for the camera and pretty pleased with herself!

Now this is what I'm talkin' about! I can really get into things now Mom!

It's a little sad for me when my babies grow up so fast, but it is so fun to see how excited they are by each step of new independence.

N is getting so very independent lately. For months, he has been able to completely dress himself, and has been fantastic in the big boy underwear....hardly any accidents at all!  He also is such a helper. Today we had to buy him his own rake at Menards so that he could help Daddy outside.

His phraseology always makes me laugh because he sounds like a little grown up. One of his favorite phrases is "So, what should we do today?" A couple weeks ago, he called my Aunt D and after he told her they were going to pick up some food for dinner, he asks her "Are you free?" Another funny one was yesterday, as we were all in the car on the way to my cousin TH's confirmation, N was telling us all about how all kids become adults(adulthood is one of his favorite topics). He says at the end of his story "....and then they are adults and they can have toothpicks!" We had no idea he was so excited to use a toothpick!" Life would be so uninteresting without that little guy. :)