Monday, July 21, 2008

Standing and Sassing

Sophie stood on her own for a few seconds yesterday and is doing it a lot this morning. She's still hesitant to take a step forward without assistance, but she's getting a bit more confident. Shoot - I am just glad she has been able to entertain herself this morning. For the past week, she has refused to be put down at all from wake up to bedtime!

Ayla is sassy! SASSY! Her favorite thing to say is, "I don't want to right now" with the most amusing country twang. We've pretty much decided that the age of 3 is much harder than the age of 2. Our friends, with kids the same age, agree. No such thing as terrible two's anymore - it's the terrible 3s! But, she's so creative and imaginative. Ayla plays for hours with her little people and cars, carrying on the most adorable conversations. Her artistic ability is growing tremendously. A real treat is listening to her sing - she knows all of her Music Together CDs by heart, I think (a great Yule/Christmas present idea, by the way. She has the drum and tambourine collections already).

So, a little update on where things stand. We are narrowing our search of towns to Westminster, Arvada, Wheat Ridge, and Thornton. We are planning on renting as we continue our "Dave Ramsey" financial makeover and get acclimated to the area, but are slightly conflicted on whether to look for a house or apartment. This week, according to our moving checklist, we need to choose our movers (I think we are going with United), calling insurance companies about our health insurance, and concentrating on choosing a place to live. 39 more days to go!

1 comment:

Paramedic Pops said...

I wish we had 39 more days....lol. We have 315 days until we move. Were looking forward to seeing you all in a few weeks.