One more thing for today

How can I forget to give an update on Hope?? I loved her so much as a baby. She was so tiny (5 lbs, 10 oz for those of you who didn't know us then) and little babies are just so cute and cuddly!! But Hope as a 21 month old is SO MUCH FUN!!! She amazes us every single day with new things. Her personality is shining more and more each day, too. And her vocabulary is truly incredible. She's starting to form sentences now. Here's a funny story from a few days ago. She was at Grammy and Papa's house (the best child care we could ever ask for) and Grammy was in the kitchen baking muffins. Hope was playing in the kitchen, but then took something (I think it was a magnet) into the four season porch. She came back into the kitchen and Grammy said, "Hope, can you go get the magnet for Grammy?" Hope looked at Grammy and said, "Grammy do it." hehehe How funny is that?? She can also say "Don't like it" now. Oh...and also at Grammy and Papa's the other day...Hope was coloring a picture of Santa. He was holding a list. Mark's Mom wrote HOPE on the list. She turned to Hope and asked, "What does this say?" Hope said, "Hope." How brilliant is that?? Pretty dang smart that she can read her own name at the age of 21 months, huh?? It really IS true that Mark and I will have to go back to school when she starts kindergarten. I'm sure there's so much more I could tell you, but then I'd be up all night again. Oh...there IS one more important thing to tell you about her (and us): this is Hope's 3rd night in a row in her own crib in her own room!! Good for us, huh?? The first night she slept in her room I got into bed and I just cried. I missed her so much (even though she was just in the next room). Speaking of Hope...time to go check on her so I can finally get to bed. And here's a picture of our girl that Mark's Mom and Dad took this weekend while Hope was staying with them. She's getting so big.

Night night for real this time!
Melody