Change...

There has been so much change around here lately, it's hard to keep up. I started with changing the look of our blog and then petered out. I like change but sometimes it's just too hard and with the amount of sleep I've been getting sometimes it's REALLY hard. So, the blog is still in a process of getting a new look.

Sara has been EVERCHANGING this entire month. She has really grown leaps and bounds. It never ceases to amaze me to see a child learn something for the first time. And it just seems to be inate. Like Sara pulling up, or saying mama, or signing the word "more", or sitting up independently and unassisted. She's been a changing machine! And I love it. I love how she is becoming so interactive and learning to communicate. I'm so amazed by her.

Ella Jane has done some changing in the past 4 months and is now LOVING preschool. She just wasn't ready in the fall and we pulled her out. I was happy to have her at home and it just didn't make any sense to me for her to get past the crying stage and start to love preschool "in a week or two". We've had a lot of girl time and after a few convesations decided it was time to try again. Not one tear has been shed and she tells me how excited she is to go to school. I'm so proud of her...growing in her own time.

Matthew has been a crazy reader in the last few weeks. Reading books on his own that he brings home from school, following along in the stories we read to him here (I remember doing this too), and even being the author and creating a story from scratch. He and I were working on one the other night and he is the author while I am the illustrator. As I was drawing a picture he was telling me how to do it, and I kindly reminded him that I was the one who drew the pictures; to which he quickly replied "yes, but I'm the one who writes the book so I tell you what to do..."

So, as you can see we've been going through many changes around here. All good! Tomorrow Sara turns 9 months old. She's spent as much time in this world as she did in my belly. She's a May baby so that must mean that spring is right around the corner. Ahhh....

I'll leave you with this final piece of exciting news. The smurfs are making a comeback. Saw them in the toy aisle at Target today. Not nearly as cute as the originals from the 80's but still fantastic.