South Africa outfits--and words

Aunt Gill and Uncle Sam brought these adorable outfits back from South Africa where Gill is from (Thanks, y'all! We miss you)! The weather in SC is warm enough to wear them now. Grace truly does have more hair than this photo shows--it's just VERY blonde!

Grace also is quite verbal and thus entertaining:

* "bah" for ball (and pointing to, and playing with, a ball)

* "wah" for walk (which means she's asking us to hold her hands while she walks around the house for-EVER)

* "ha" for "hi" (and waving to everyone she sees)

* "bye bye" (ditto)

* "me-ah" for milk (and points to the bottles on the counter)

* "hmmm" after she eats something yummy

* "uh oh" after she drops something (sometimes purposefully)

She also makes animal sounds. Two new ones: she growls when we ask her "what does a bear say?" and she "moos" when we ask "what does a cow say?"

Chance started saying "bye bye" several days ago, bringing his grand total to TWO words (he has been saying "ite" for light)! They both say "Mama" and "Dada," but we're not sure if they know what those mean.

NO walkin yet, but they both have been standing very often and each has taken a step. They love their "new" (from a consignment store) walker (see VIDEO). They also started holding their own bottles about 2 weeks ago, giving Mommy some hard-earned freedom, praise the Lord. And they love their sippy cups too. :)