Ruby's New Words

Yesterday I was sitting on the couch and I heard this soft voice say, "Hi!" I looked over and there was Ruby looking at me and then repeating 'hi' over and over. Today Uly and I were playing with her on the bed and she wanted a toy Uly had. She said, "I want that." We were pretty shocked, to say the least!

Uh oh.....

She has finally learned the word 'no'. I'll continue posting new words Ruby learns as time goes on.

Jackson's Artwork

Jackson brought home some drawings of people today. I was totally impressed! Check out his art! I would say this is pretty good for a not-quite-4 year old! This picture is of Ruby, complete with an arm and feet!

Ruby Pucker!!

Ruby's favorite thing to do is pucker REALLY big. She has big beautiful lips and she will pucker and lean towards you to kiss you. She will pucker, take a bite of food, then pucker again, wanting me to kiss her in between every bite of food she is eating.

Easter!

We had a wonderful Easter this year. On Saturday we visited Ya-Ya and Yen-Yen and Uncle James in Tucson. Jackson and Ruby hunted for Easter eggs out in the backyard. We had a wonderful lunch of Corned Beef and Cabbage. Yum Yum!! On Sunday morning we went to church. On the way there I asked Jackson, do you like your Sunday school (we just recently changed churches and I wanted to know what he thought of the new church). He told me "It is a wonderful place." I am so happy he loves it. Ruby's class loves her too. They take such good care of them and they have a lot of new friends there too. The church service had the second episode of the Trilogy of Easter. The performances and message were very good! After church we went to Aunt Rene's and Uncle Bob's house. We had a fantastic lunch and time together. We had a lot of yummy food. Rene, Bob, Devin, Mom, Dad, Lisa, Stephen, Olivia, Andy, Gene, Pat, Joann, Bryan, Clayton, and of course all of us, were there today. The kids all got gifts and had an Easter egg hunt with around 10 dozen eggs!! Everyone had a great time finding eggs, even Ruby! Ruby especially loved the Step 2 Roller Coaster. She went on it over and over again. 

Ruby Walking

Ruby has begun walking more and more. She walks maybe 25% of the time but I'm sure within a few days she should be walking like crazy. She also has the top four teeth coming in. This week the teeth to the right and left of the front two have cut through and she is looking more and more adorable with the beautiful smile with more teeth!

First Word

Well today was Ruby's 'Little Snappers' swim lesson. She learned how to do the 'Humpty Dumpty', which is when I coax her to 'jump' (but really fall into) the pool and I catch her. By the end of the lesson she loved it and would readily jump in the water to me. When we got into the car to go home I was repeating some of the commands we use in class. I said, "one, two, three, under!" I was looking at her in the rear view mirror and saw her mouth form 'under'. I was so excited. So I kept trying to get her to say 'under' the whole way home. She said it several times and I even got it on video! She now says it most of the time when asked. How odd one of her first words would be 'under'!

Tooth Peeking out...

A top tooth has started coming through! I am anxious to see what our little girl looks like with more teeth!

More Developments

Today Ruby was dancing to a toy we bought her in China. The toy is very loud and Jackson turned it on to see and hear it. Ruby would hold on to the edge of the bed, let go and bounce up and down then, of course, she would plop down on the ground. It is a start, though! The other development is that Ruby can wave now. She has had the 'jist' of waving but would wave with her hand towards her mouth. Now it is a deliberate wave towards a person. She watches as her wrist moves back and forth.

She's Standing!!

Ruby has been trying hard for the past three days to stand on her own. Finally tonight she would pull herself up on the side of the bed and purposely let go of the bed and actually stand for a few seconds. She would be very pleased with herself and smile and laugh!