Busy

We have been having a very busy, but fun summer.  Olive turned eight months this week. I can't believe how fast the time flies.  She is such a joy and such a sweet heart.  She started crawling on Tuesday.  She is still pretty slow at getting around and prefers to scoot on her bottom more than crawl.  She loves Logan and wants to play with everything that he does.  Logan is getting pretty quick at saying "no, no, no, Olive, don't touch."  Poor kid, learning to share is such tough work.  He is pretty good at quickly finding a replacement toy for Olive, so she isn't interested in the one he is playing with.  This only works about half of the time though.  Olive is getting to that "object permeance" stage, where she remembers the toy she had after it has been taken away and she doesn't much like that.   She is very loud and vocal.  She doesn't cry very much anymore, but is very good at letting us know that she needs some attention.   She loves to eat baby food, and if you are too slow in giving it to her, she lets you know pretty quickly.   Taking her out to a restaurant is always so stressful because she spends most of the time squealing and screaming for more food.

Logan is growing so quickly too.   He is getting really good at knowing his alphabet and spelling simple words with pictures.   He can even spell his name.  Although, sometimes after he spells L.O.G.A.N,and I ask him what that spells he will say "me."  I am not sure if he does this just to tease me, or if he forgets that those letters actually spell Logan.  He points out all of the letters that he sees when we go places and can recognize all 26 letters.  He can also count to 12.  Logan loves to watch "Wheel of Fortune" and can point out how many of each letter is on the board.   I am so lucky to have such wonderful children!