Little update

Cate at 16 months (almost): Our little girl is getting more interactive every day. She's expanding her vocabulary with words like "sshh" for shoe, "psh" for push (the kids love to push the garage door button), "mmmmah" for giving kisses (mwaah!), "mine!" is perfected, "br" for bird (or any animal really, dog, cat, bug), "puh" for up (to be picked up), "buh" for book, "papa" for grandpa, "bru" for brush (and I swear she said "prtee" for pretty yesterday), "sshh" with a finger to her lips for shushing, "boopb" for poop, says "wha za?" while pointing and asking "what's that?", she still speaks and signs "ah dahn" for all done (as in, I'm all done shopping mommy!), she signs "more" when she's hungry or when she wants to do more of something like singing songs, she still ADORES music and rocking to the music (she nods her head keeping beat with the rythm and she's starting to wave her hands about too), and she wants to do anything and everything James does. She throws a fit if we attempt to take a shower without her (think she could live in the bathtub) and she's finally really interested in walking and loves to walk holding onto James' hand.

James is a fantastic big brother. Just this morning, when he woke up he came into our room and said "I have to pee but then I have to go back and check on Catie". And then when he was running back to their room he said "I'm coming Catie!" He comforts her, tells us when she needs something (or is doing something wrong like shaking her sippy of milk upside down drenching her clothes), shares his toys (for the most part), and overall is a great helper. We're very lucky to have 2 kids that get along so well! He's also figuring out that letters make sounds and form words that we read in books, or even on signs of buildings. Just the other day he was playing with his alphabet puzzle and asked "is this right mommy?" When I looked, he had pulled out the J, M, E, & S, had them just about in order and was asking what he was missing. He also serenades me with songs and is all around a cute kid.