here’s Gavin having fun with his football.

here’s Lilah practicing being a big girl and holding herself up on her tummy.

Gavin is getting better from his cold and feeling much friskier. He’s enjoying going for walks in the fallen leaves, picking them up and looking at them and the crunching noises they make when we go over them in the stroller. Lilah is doing well too. She’s been briefly interested in looking at lights and colors lately. She’s been smiling for a week or two and smiles at me frequently. She mostly smiles little closed-mouth smiles but once in a while I get a big open mouth grin when I’m playing with her.

Today Gavin wanted to hold her hand when I showed him her little fingers. He said “bay-beee!” He was also very excited by the embroidered duck on her outfit today.

In other news, we kept a list of the words and signs he used over a weekend a month or two ago and then again just this last week. The first time he had a total of 18 words and signs….this time he was up to 37! Yay Gavin!! He’s making so much progress.