Wednesday, September 22, 2010

So Much Excitement

As sad as we were to see the end of summer come and go, fall has been an amazing time for our family so far. We have had lots of first time experiences and it has been so exciting for everyone.
To start, Ems got her first teeth! Same first two as Luci on the bottom right around 7 mos. She is rapidly soaking up her environment and I am counting down the days until she becomes mobile and chaos ensues. I'm pretty sure she wants to crawl but hasn't figured it out yet, I think like Luc she might skip it entirely and go straight to walking. She is officially out of the helmet and daily I admire how nice and round her noggin' turned out...it took way less time than expected and I'm so thankful we did it.

Below is Luci in her first official "new school" outfit! She started a 2 day preschool program this year at a church close by. She totally loves it and has had no problems adjusting, due largely in part to the school-like program she was in two days a week last year. For the first day of school I got to go with her, it was such a treat to see her interact with everyone in that setting. She is proving to be very outgoing and outspoken...shock.

Our good friends Jim and Stephanie had us over a few weeks ago to visit and ride the pony! Luci was so excited and did great. She was slightly disappointed that there wasn't a pink unicorn for her to ride but quickly fell in love with Belle below. She has already started asking for a dog and a cat, I'm sure a pony won't be too far down the list.

Our First Ballerina

So this was a long anticipated, very exciting day for Luci and myself. Her first official ballet class! A "first" so special that it needs its own post :). So I have been talking up dance classes to this girl since she was in my womb. No small wonder that she was beside herself with excitement to go. The class itself was probably the cutest thing I have ever seen...Luci unfortunately has been blessed with my coordination but luckily only fell down once. At the end of the class she immediately broke into tears because she didn't want it to be over. Today, in her second class, they were asked if they could pretend to be bears and bear crawl across a mat. Luci responded...princess bears? and we could wear a crown? Love. Her.