chatterbox

 Brenna's vocabulary has really taken off.  In just a couple short months, she went from just a couple words to partial sentences!   She is still a little compulsive about keeping things clean and tidy and really likes to let us know if there is a mess.  I got her a little dust pan and broom and she spent the day 'keen the mess' all over the house.  She also can't stand an open door.  'Shut......da door' is heard until every single door is closed.  And then she'll tell you how she 'shut....da door'  We get a good laugh every day by something she says.  It is amazing to hear her try to say things we didn't even know she knew the name for.  She is very good as saying 'thank you,' 'please,' and 'you're welcome.' 

She loves to sing the Christmas song 'up on the housetop' and I'm thinking it's a possibility that we'll be singing it all year. 

She likes to play with Jace's toys, by either using them herself (she can get herself in and out of the bumbo seat faster than I can get Jace out) or having her babies use them.  She loves to put her little dolls in the swing or in the bumbo seat.

 

She has become a lovey-dovey little snuggler.  She loves at night before going to bed, watching movies with daddy with her pink blanket and camo pillow.  Of course daddy needs to be nearby at all times, too.

 

Oh how she loves pretty accessories.   Yesterday we had our first clothes related tantrum.  She wanted to wear her pretty dress shoes from Christmas.  She had thick socks on so I knew the strap would be too tight on her chubby little feet.  I tried to entice her with other, similar (more sensible) shoes.  Oh she was mad.  She couldn't figure out how to take them off her self so she cried 'off off' over and over until I took them off.  We finally agreed on another pair (and I hid the pretty ones).  Whew.  We were getting ready to go out and I asked her to get a hat.  This is how she ended up.  So stinking cute.

 

She still loves to read and is starting to 'read' books back to us.  Especially the 'pigs' book.  She loves those ninja pigs!

 

Since Jace has taken over the high chair, Brenna has moved on to a booster seat.  We are thinking of storing the vacuum right next to her.  Bella now has to go in her cage at meal times as she had yet another expensive trip to the vet for GI issues.  She is now on probiotics.  Seriously.