Etta recently

Well, Etta has been doing some funny, and new things lately.

Hitting.. urgh!
Walking down the stairs... yikes!
Singing (my favorite!!)

An example or two of the singing, she sings along with us during the hymns at church. Justin said (while i was still home with Lydia) that she even sang along with the choir!  And just yesterday, I was folding laundry so I put one of our usual shows, Beauty and the Beast (or as Etta calls it) Beast.  The last word of be our guest where Lumiere holds out guest with his arms out, she looked at me held out her arms and belted out Guest and held it like he was doing!  I was so proud!  Honestly, so cute.

She is recognizing almost all of her letters and can say the sounds they make.  She points them out whenever we pass big signs on businesses, she calls them "A".  Justin held up all the letters in the alphabet during her bath the other day and she was able to name more than half of their sounds.  She also sings the ABC's quite often.  it is not very clear yet, but she knows the timing and the way the notes move up and down and she has got that down pat.

She is starting to babble during prayers, like she is saying them too.

She is great at pointing out facial features.  Tonight, she wasn't sleeping and I went in there to hold her and she pointed out, my nose, eyes and eyebrows naming each one.

Getting ready for her bath or as she likes to call it her "bubble" 

Looking for binkies to steal from her little sister!