Long awaited update

I know the blog has been slow lately and has mostly been pictures. Things have been incredibly busy in our house. In preparation for Marcus's office opening we have been spending almost every spare moment shopping, decorating and organizing stuff for the building. With only a few weeks to go we are almost done. There are still curtains and some furniture to buy, but for the most part we are almost there. The office is painted nice bright colors; yellows, greens, and oranges with two slightly less radiant tan rooms. The floors are done in a combination of wood and carpet. It is really starting to come together and look nice.



The girls are doing well. They are growing and changing every day. Sophie is almost walking and will take 5-6 steps independently before resorting again to crawling. She has been learning how to throw a good temper tantrum from her big sister. She will arch her back, throw up her arms and scream. It is hard to not laugh at her when she does it. She has become more vocal and says ma-ma, da-da, cat, pop and Brie says she can say Brie, but we have not heard it yet. She also has learned to sign all done and uses it most of the time appropriately at the table when she is done eating. She continues to eat well and was almost 22 lbs the last time we weighed her.



Brie has been very into making "projects." This consists of coloring, painting and gluing. Her attention span has gotten much longer and she will sit for about 20 minutes painting or coloring. She also enjoys helping mommy in the kitchen. She loves to help cook meals, bake cakes, and roll out cookies. Later this week we will make some Christmas cookies which she will enjoy I'm sure. She loves helping her little sister learn to walk and teaching her new things.