The obligatory laundry basket photo

Okay, face it, YOU have a picture somewhere in a box in your closet, of YOU sitting in a laundry basket, in a white t-shirt, when you were one year old. I have one. You have one. We all have one. So, it is about time we took a pic of A&H doing their obligatory laundry basket shot. What is it about kids loving this activity so much?

While Drew spent 15 minutes climbing in and out of the laundry basket, Hailey decided to empty out a basket on our changing table, and climb in and out of that one. I think she climbed in and out of this white basket about 100 times, delighted with herself each time.

In other news:
Teeth:
- Hailey has TEN teeth, including 4 molars, one in each corner!
- Drew still has only FIVE teeth, 3 on top, and 2 on bottom, only in front.

Favorite activities:
Drew: playing with WHEELS, any kind, anywhere. Trucks, reading books, being held, being tossed up in the air, JUMPING on the bed, playing piano with daddy, sleeping, emptying the cupboards in the kitchen, playing with any kind of flashing light, turning on and off any BUTTON of any kind of electronic item. Greg especially loves when he turns off the computer. :)

Hailey: eating cheese, reading books, pulling every toy out of the toybox, holding onto her "mittens" (her security blanket), playing "chase" where I chase her around the house, playing with any kind of ball, eating "grown-up food," taking baths, going through mom's drawers in the bathroom looking for make-up, putting on any kind of SHOES, pulling all tupperware out of the cupboards, and of course, babbling!

Both kids now know many animal sounds. So they can respond to "What does a cow say?" with the "moo" answer. They know cats, dogs, cows, chicken, etc.

Hailey has been saying her new first real word this week: Ball! She says it all of the time, can recognize it in books, and even pointed to Greg's hand and said it when he was eating big grapes. So cute!