So much has gone on since we last posted. We are settled into our new house. I think the girls did it faster than anyone. The week after we moved Dave went back to get mail from the old house and Samantha said "this is not our home anymore". Yep. They're good.
Samantha has been amazing everyone with her verbal skills and making us so nervous with her motor skills. She gets so excited she just does whatever she wants to at whatever speed she can and then looks so upset and confused when she falls and gets hurt. Mostly it is because she spins and makes herself dizzy and then tries to run. She doesn't like the room too dark when they sleep and doesn't like when the baby monitor camera moves. I tell her if she's quiet it won't move and sometimes that works.
Catherine has been busy learning the names of the birds that come to the bird feeder and thinks the squirrels are 'so cute!'. Both of them love playing outside and we are especially amazed at how far Catherine can hit the ball of the tee. She just swings lefty while holding the bat as a righty, so maybe tennis is in her future.
This is Dave's favorite new toy, and Samantha loves to help him use it. Catherine, however, was afraid and it was too loud, but she still got on it and eventually took her hands down from her ears to wave at me.
We went to visit a friend's farm and the girls favorite part is not the sheep or adorable baby lambs (definitely my favorite) but the ATV ride to see the bull and go through the water.
A lamb born just a few hours before we got there!
This is little orphan Andy, who gets bottle fed so we can touch him.
The girls have been very interested in their brother. They've helped in his room, wash his clothes, and are always talking about how big he is getting, while at the same time acknowledging that he is little. They give him goodnight kisses and hugs. I wonder how they'll react once he is finally here, but I know that they will love him and help me as best as they can.
So we've been spending our days walking in the woods, going to the park, playing in the yard, working as a team to pump up the flat balls, and finally getting batteries in the bubble machine. I'm so proud of them being able to play together, share, and occupy themselves. I know that it isn't perfect, and everything will change very soon, but we are in such an amazingly perfect new home for our children to grow and explore and love as a family.
