Katherine sings her ABCs; Joshua is 6 months old and eating

We've had quite a bit going on at home the last few weeks that I had not been able to update just our general family blog. To see what we have been up to, check out our other blog--http://allingodshands.blogspot.com

Today, though I wanted to do a little bit of catching up.

Kateli started singing her ABCs about a week ago. It's so cute, she does it pretty much on her own...there are a few letters that she SLURS together; but what kid doesn't?? Especially the "K L M N O P"? She's awesome, and we are extremely proud of her!! I don't know when kids really start singing their ABC's but to us, she seems pretty young and super smart (we're just a bit biased! :) ) She's started counting in spanish at 26months, and singing her ABCs at 26 1/2 months! She is talking up a storm now. It's amazing!! She is repeating EVERYTHING!! I mean EVERYTHING!! and she comes up with new words all the time. The first time she says something, it takes me a little bit to figure out what she is referring to. She is speaking both languages; so when she says something new, I have to figure out if she's talking in spanish or in english.

Joshua was 6 months on the 12th. We finally took him in for his 6 month checkup, while Kateli was in the hospital last week. Little man weighed in at 19lbs 10ozs!! His length measurement was screwed up, so the doctor didn't bother to have him measure him a second time. We'll have to do that here at home sometime, when I get a minute. Joshua started eating rice cereal two weeks ago. He loved it. At first he was not QUITE sure that he wanted it; but it only took a couple of spoonfuls for him to figure out that if he opened his mouth he got more food! Last week we started him on Oatmeal cereal, and he likes it; but he doesn't like it as much as the rice cereal. I remember that Kateli was the same way. She always preferred the rice cereal over oatmeal. Joshua has been eating with us at breakfast, and dinner time. He is still nursing; just not as much or often. He's sleeping better through the night, which is great! Last night, I decided it was time for him to taste veggies. I bought his first veggies--got green beans, sweet peas, squash and carrots. Last night we started with the green beans. My goal is to start the kids on the green veggies first; the taste is a bit harder for our palate, then say fruits or anything sweet! So, last night I poured about two teaspoons of the green stuff because I was expecting a grimace, and it getting spit out each time I put a spoonful in his mouth! Much to my surprise he didn't even make a face. He ate the entire "1st stage" green beans package!! I was so surprised and proud of Joshua. He is a champ eater!! I remember with Kateli, we would toss out about half the little package because she could hardly eat 2 spoonfuls at each sitting!! Little man may just be my veggie eater! We'll see!