So I’ve whined a lot about Alex recently (who’s doing MUCH better), and I haven’t spent nearly enough time (as in none) telling you the fun things that have been going on. Most of which have to do with Erin. So here are some of her recent antics:

For months, Eric’s made them laugh with this over-the-top greeting. He waves his whole arm in a large arc and says “Hoooow-dy”. They giggle hysterically when he does it. But yesterday, Erin did it back to him. Out of the blue. Except hers came out as “Hoooow-by”. But still. She even waved her arm around. So cute! I’m hoping to get it on video soon.

And speaking of saying things, she is definitely calling Alex by name these days. Of course, it sounds more like “Ayee”, but it’s definitely him. And he even comes when she calls sometimes. He’ll learn not to do that soon enough, I’m sure.

As a point of order, Erin refuses to wear socks. Without shoes, she pulls socks off in seconds. But as she has warm feet, I never worry about it. Alex, however, tends to have cold feet. So on one of the really cold days last week, I put socks on him. And spent the day putting them on again and again because Eric kept stealing them right off his feet. One time, she took a sock and then crawled away with it giggling, hoping I would chase her down (I did). The stinker.

And finally, the same day of the sock escapades, I got a really fun picture of Erin.

I was upstairs for a few minutes after breakfast, but came back down a few minutes later to get my phone in case my sister called (though I later remembered she wouldn’t call because it was a snow day). Anyway, I stopped short, halfway down the stairs when I saw this:

That’s right. She was sitting on the end table, grinning like a cheshire cat, so proud of herself. I laughed outright, took this picture, and took her down and scolded her. Then I moved the push toy so she couldn’t climb back up there as soon as I turned my back.

That’s my girl…