New Fish stood up in the crib a couple days ago for the first time. It's time to lower the crib mattress. She flips, rolls, squirms and army crawls to get to something she wants. She LOVES having solid foods, especially finger foods. She is really enjoying feeding herself. She has some juicy legs that I thoroughly enjoy squishing. She still has her adorable smile but now she squints her eyes when she is being especially silly. Her new tooth is halfway out and everytime she has a rough night, I swear she is getting another one. They have yet to materialize. She is extremely ticklish. New Fish has found her voice and enjoys hollering at the top of her lungs for several hours a day.
Red Fish is such a wonderful little girl. She is growing up way too fast. She has an endless supply of energy and curiosity and she pretty much doesn’t stop all day. She still never walks anyplace. She RUNS on her toes. She is in the process of getting her last two year old molar. She loves music. We spend a lot of time playing the piano together. She has recently become really interested in listening to me play the violin or accompanying me on the piano or her little recorder. She has a great sense of rhythm. She still obviously loves doing artwork. Some mornings I wake up to her dragging me out of bed so we can get started on a project. She loves to be read to. She especially loves to be read to by her Daddy. I think she will always be a Daddy’s girl. She celebrates every night when Two Fish gets home from work. When Red Fish laughs, it is impossible to not laugh with her. She is the most darling little girl.We've decided to rename Red Fish MacGuyver though because she can pick locks, remove child locks an get into things that she really should not be able to. It drives me a little crazy. Yesterday, she cooked her own waffle and got herself a piece of cake while I was in the shower.
Red Fish LOVES the dirt. Our camping trip was like a 4 day trip to heaven for Red Fish because she was able to roll around in the dirt the whole time. She likes to run around the backyard with Blue Fish every chance she gets and dig in the flower beds. I’m really excited to take her to the beach this summer because I think she is going to flip out when she sees all that sand and water. Her two favorite things in one place!
It has been really fun to watch Red Fish starting to really play with New Fish. New Fish is eight months old now so she is old enough to interact with Red Fish. I love watching them snuggle their baby dolls together or pass blocks back and forth. Red Fish can get New Fish laughing like nobody else. It has been so sweet to see how much Red Fish loves her little sister. Red Fish loves picking out clothes for both herself and her sister so they end up with some pretty crazy outfits sometimes.
We are all excited that the weather is getting better so we can spend a lot more time outside. We’ve started taking walks with the dog more and going to the playground. Red Fish is very interested in the temple right now and always asks to drive by it, so we’ve been walking around the grounds a lot.
We’ve been concentrating on having weekly family home evenings and I’ve been trying to laminate fun pictures etc. to go with the lessons so we can use them again. I’ve been shocked at how much Red Fish loves FHE. I think it might be her favorite night of the week. She likes to choose the song and decide who should say the prayer, and hold all of the pictures for the lesson. If we have any sort of game, she wants to play it every night for the next week. It’s really cute. She definitely inspires me to keep up with our lessons. Teaching Red Fish about the gospel has been really fun. She has such a sweet little spirit. She has started to be the one who reminds us when it’s time to pray.
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