Christmas 2008 in France

Benjamin is now crawling more than scooting, and he is getting fast. Sophie was having fun racing him.

Benjamin is pulling up on everything, cruising and even letting go for a few seconds and standing on his own. He also will walk all over the house holding our hands. It won't be long now before he is walking! He loved the kitchen set in France (it was a gift for Chloe years ago).

Sophie - Monkey Bars

Sophie has learned to go across the monkey bars. She is building up those arm muscles!

Benjamin exploring the laundry basket

Benjamin loves the laundry basket- crawling inside of it, turning it around, flipping it, etc. He also loves Sophie's horse, Bonnie. He looks like he is close to doing a real crawl, but he still does a fast scoot.

Sophie Dancing

Montreal, Labor Day, 2008: Sophie loves to dance- and she learned all of her moves on her own. :) This will make you laugh!

Benjamin Playing

Benjamin is getting good at releasing the ball and watching it go down the spiral.

Benjamin on the move

Benjamin is ready to move. For weeks he has been going from sitting to belly, then started moving small distances, but today he moved across the room at daycare when I came in. He can't wait to move but he is also not sure he is happy about it because it is hard work. He should sleep well tonight! He was 8 months on Sept. 26th.

Sophie's first day of kindergarten 8/11/08

Sophie's first day of school was August 11th. Her best friend from the neighborhood is in her class. We walk to school every day.

Benjamin playing with his toes

Benjamin loves eating his toes and blowing lots of bubbles. He is quick to squeeze Sophie's nose too. His first two teeth appeared at the same time yesterday morning.

Benjamin is sitting up 2

Benjamin starting sitting up about a month ago and in the last few weeks he has perfected it. Now he much rather sit than roll around from his back to stomach. He is grabbing everything and has figured out how to take an object from one hand to the other. He still loves the French stand up book JF brought back from Europe.

Benjamin is rolling over

Benjamin is starting to roll over.

Benjamin 6 months

Benjamin turned six months on July 26th. He weighs 17.6 lbs and is 28" long. He had his first rice cereal over the weekend. He loves to clap his hands, be tickled, loves his big sister, finally has learned to turn from his stomach to back and is starting to sit.

Sophie swimming

Sophie has been taking swim lessons at Emory in July. She has been perfecting her breathing with her crawl, working on backstroke and just learned how to do breaststroke. She also loves jumping off the diving board.