Hey, that bottle's in my way...

I fed Cameron, as I rarely do, at the dinner table. Usually Cam is sleeping from our ride back from Changing Seasons so we let her rest while we eat and then we have play time together with both the girls. Today she didn't want to snooze on the way home so she sat in the highchair (which was very comical as it is so big for her) for a little bit and then I decided to feed her while Mackenzie ate. For Cameron the meal was a battle of hunger vs. curiousity. She wanted to eat, no she wanted to see her sister, the bottle tasted good but Mackenzie was there doing funny things and craving Cameron's attention. With every shurg and movement of her head and chin and hand she was saying - Hey Mom, this bottle is in my way. After 1/2 of it we decided she would wait until after dinner to enjoy her snack which worked much better.

As for Mackenzie tonight she used a red cup without a top and drank about 4 ounces from it without any help and only spilling a few drops. She does really good but when she gets excited she almost forgets what she is doing from the time she puts the cup to her mouth to the time the liquid gets to her mouth - - heck put me in front of General Hospital and I can get sidetracked just as quickly.

Cameron enjoys this toy you sit under and she can kick at it to play music. Tonight Mackenzie asked me to put her under the toy in the same fashion - so I moved Cameron and did just that. But she didn't want me to move Cameron, she motioned to the blanket and said "Cameron here". She wanted to lie next to her and have them both kick at the toy. It was very sweet. If Mackenzie's tenderness toward Cameron is any indication as to how she will be as an adult or as a mother one day I have definately done the world a favor by giving birth to her.

Last note of the day. Folks tell me Mackenzie is smart on a daily basis. I know she is smart but I chalk most of it up the fact that she is a pleaser (most days) and therefore likes the attention of learning colors and numbers and counting and singing and all of that. They have told me at school that she is the "smartest" one in her class and her class is full of kids that will be 3 in a few months and she will be 2 this month. But tonight she actually showed me that she knew the following letters M (for mackenzie), C (for Cameron), J (for Jacob), T (for Teri), D (for Daddy), P (for Papa), N (for Nana), K (for Katy), B (for Bella), H (for Hayley), O (just O), and Q (just Q). Sure we had been talking about letters and I decided to do the word association with people as I thought that would be more meaningful to her but it seems overnight we went from knowing 2 letters to 1/2 of the ABCs. You go girl!!