Christmas Miracle

Yesterday, the bunny asked me to buckle her into her carseat. Earlier in the week she let me put on her socks and shoes. Mike reports similar experiences. Crazy, isn't it?! It's been months since she's let either of us buckle her. All we get to do is pull the strap tight - and only because she couldn't figure out how to pull it herself...She's also letting me help her put on her socks and shoes every once in a while. I love her independence when it doesn't make us late, but I'm having a hard time with her growing up to be such a big girl...

Noah continues to explode verbally. He's making verbal requests for things like snacks, videos, books, and drinks. And he's quite particular...one of his first request phrases was for, "ice, cold law-ler." Not just water, but ice, cold water! Another milestone for us is that he will now repeat things when prompted. He wasn't doing that a couple weeks ago! Now when he asks me for a, "piece of gum," I'll remind him to say, "please," and he will! Emphatically! But wait, there's more! The other night we drove around to look at holiday lights and Noah was identifying objects and colors when we'd ask, "what's that, Noah?" He'd reply, "Santa...snowman...green...red...reindeer..." Can you hear me gushing?! I'm so proud of my boy!!!

We had a conference with Noah's school earlier this week and they tell us he's doing really well and is making lots of progress. He's even working well with the speech therapist! This is the fourth one in his life and he wouldn't cooperate with any of the first three. He must like this one! ;)

Also on Monday, we went to see the bunny perform in the Happy Birthday, Jesus program at her preschool. I got some cute photos and video. I didn't record the whole program, just my favorite song! I think it's the favorite of all the kids, too. So without further ado, herrrrrrre's the bunny!