What we're saying and doing now

Lane can say DaDa & MaMa (but hardly ever does), he says tree as he points to the Christmas tree, and I am certain he said thank you, but his most favorite word to say is CAR! Oh yes, he loves that word and loves cars just like Reese. He gets very excited looking out the window at Cars and says it over and over. And when we turn on the movie Cars 2 he says it. He also loves to say vroom vroom and pushes the car back and forth. Sometimes he'll say K K K Car!

Lane is almost walking (he can walk towards me holding my hands or legs, can walk around the couch, along the wall but he still prefers to crawl). He pulls up on everything and can climb into short chairs like their rocking chairs and the low chair in our game room. He can almost climb onto the couch. We are still working on teaching him to crawl down on his tummy feet first. He would much rather go face first but Mommy doesn't prefer that. He loves to be held by Mommy but then wiggles out of my arms - we go back and forth like this all night. He can also give Mommy big open mouth kisses when I ask for a 'kiss' and he knows how to wave bye bye. If we leave the gate open at the bottom of the stairs or if he hears it open to zooms over to climb up. When we walk upstairs he has to climb - there's usually no carrying him. He'll just wiggle out of our arms so he can make his own way up.

Reese prefers to be called McQueen or Lightning (it used to be Purple Horse). When I tell Lane to say Reese, she says, "No, I am McQueen!" She loves to make up names and stories for the characters in Cars 2. For example the blue and green car named Carla is known as silly brace or celo bray by Reese. She is also sleeping in the guest McQueen bed (her old twin bed) rather than her cute queen bed. The good thing is she is sleeping in that bed all night an not in our bed.

My favorite thing to hear Reese say (besides her prayer) is "I love you too" when I tell her I love her. The way she emphasizes the "too" is sooo cute!

Reese is very patient with Lane when he pulls her hair which he still loves to do. She doesn't hug and love on him a lot, but she does like to tickle him. She will kiss him good night on the head. We love to hug and fall down and laugh and tickle each other! We call it "fall down laugh hug". If I start with Reese, Lane will come rushing over for his turn. It's so cute to see him want equal attention. He knows it's fun and wants to do it too.

With all the great fun we are having we are also having some minor meltdowns, tantrums or llama drama as we like to call it with Reese. I know it's just another phase of those terrible twos. All I can think is that Lane will start the same soon! Jeez Louise.