New Tricks

As I've mentioned in the past, Noah is really into his nesting cups. We have a few sets and they are always out. He gets them all nested together and then takes one out of the middle and sees if he can get it back in sequence. Pretty fun stuff when you are one. The cups below were a Christmas present and he especially likes this set because he can take a cup, turn it upside down and then stick it on the next smaller cup, and they stick together. Today he figured out that he could build a tower (oh.my.goodness!) and he was infinitely proud of himself.

Next accomplishment: getting on the dump truck. For a couple of months, he's watched as Ella get on and off and he finally figured out how to hold on while lifting his leg over the seat. Also infinitely proud of himself on this one...big grins when he finally gets on and even bigger grins when he gets the school bus on the truck with him. We are talking real accomplishment here, folks!

And drum roll, please... Ella started to take a few steps! The first ones were right as we started with the stomach flu. The best part is that Nana P and Matt were her to see them! She was so mesmerized by a cell phone that she'd walk to get it. Since then, she's increasingly taking more steps and getting more confident in standing on her own.