We have movement!

Time to post about a new kid. :)  I can feel the baby moving now!!  It's pretty weird, but I've gotta say that I like it.  I'm big enough now that it's more likely that my belly is actually a baby and not just that I had too much lunch.  today, I wore maternity pants to work for the first time, and it's evident that I'm going to need different ones because they're a good 2" too short.  Story of my life with pants, but even harder to fix with maternity pants.  It's really getting real now.

We've made our Christmas plans, and got the presents all wrapped, pretty much.  There are a few things left to get for the girls, and I still need to finish the chocolates for neighbors/friends/babysitters.

There are so many sweet things that the girls do throughout the day, and when I have time to sit and blog, I can't think of specifics.  When one girl is upset, it's not uncommon for the other to come over and give her sister a hug, which is sometimes well-received and other times infuriates the other.  I can't believe how much they love Christmas lights!  They were both disappointed tonight when our neighbors across the street forgot to turn theirs on. 

Audrey was so delighted with herself tonight because she put together a puzzle of a horse.  i remember Emily worked on these same puzzles when she was Audrey's age, almost exactly, because I was tied up nursing my newborn and she would work on them while my hands were busy.  Audrey hadn't ever done them before, and she was so thrilled, taking pieces and seeing what it turned out to be.  She was jumping and clapping and squealing! 

Emily has memorized the Bunk Beds book.  It's been her favorite for at least a week, every night, and now she's gotten to the point where she recites page after page of it.  Then she picks out W's for Willie and M's for Molly, and follows along with words.  It's pretty cool.

And they both have been singing "sweet and low."  It's amazing to hear Audrey keep pitch with Emily.  Audrey loves her lullaby book at bedtime, and sings all kinds of songs along with me.  It's a pretty nice way to tuck them in each night.  No matter how rocky the day gets to be throughout the day, keeping up with owies (running headlong into a shopping cart and smacking one's nose, slipping on the floor and bruising ones head, etc.), I always feel good about hugging and snuggling with them while we sing and read together.