Micah's Development

Micah continues to amaze me, and I think I have to thank Alex for a lot of that. His vocabulary just seems huge to me, especially when I think about how few words Alex said at this age. I know I've mentioned that once or twice (or a hundred times) before, but it's crazy to me how he just says a word because he's mimicking someone or he sees someone doing something. FOr instance, he just saw Alex dancing and said "dance", which I've never heard him say before. So incredibly cool. He's also VERY into pretending right now, especially pretending to be asleep. We've created two little monsters who both think you're supposed to roar at someone to wake him up! It's pretty funny.

However, the main thinkg right now is that Micah has started to use the potty. AT 20 MONTHS! How cool is that? He is by NO MEANS potty-trained at all, but apparently while Alex and I were gone this weekend, something clicked for him. Jason was telling Micah that he was using the potty, and Micah got really excited and started to say POTTY POTTY POTTY! SO Jason got his potty out of the closet, and Micah sat down and used it. How cool is that? This was on a Saturday. On Sunday Jason told me this sotry when I got home, and I asked Micah if he used the potty, and Micah said POTTY POTTY POTTY, went upstairs, and used the potty. No joke.

Yesterday he used the potty four times. For real.

Unfortunately, he can't even pull his pants down yet. But he gets the concept! It will take him a long time before he's actually potty-trained, but if he wants to try, I'll certainly let him.

Alex and I had a great time visiting friends this weekend. Micah was sick, so he and Jason had to stay home. However, I think Alex enjoyed being without Micah for a while. She kept wanting to hold our friends' two-month-old baby and had a blast playing with her Uncle Kyle's old toys, including a Wonder Woman figure that she became quite attached to. She got a huge kick out of being able to choose some special things like a gourmet chocolate, and we went to this HUGE indoor playgound/ballpit,jungle gym/bouncy place called Ballocity. She was so much smaller than most fo the other kids, but she just WENT for it and had a blast inside. It was also adorable when we visited Kyle's church. She loved the SUnday school and apaprently enjoyed being a hlper and speaking into the microphone, and she is in love with Kyle and insisted onholding onto his hand when he was done praying with people up front. (He's a pastor and was speaking that morning.) It was adorable.

And the big news is that Alex is officially going to preschool next year. She's in a program at a church right around the corner from our house, which is really nice, and she'll be there two days a week for about three hours. And get this: IT'S FREE! Yes, we had another option that was a great price, but it was five days a week, a little more than I really wanted to send her right now. Plus, now we'll have some money to do other special things with her!