Happy New Year, everyone! In review, 2008 has been a wonderful but very fast passing year. Our kids have grown by leaps and bounds. Noble is talkative as ever and surprises us with his vocabulary and grammar from time to time. He likes puzzles, books, and running, jumping, spinning and tumbling. He recently started exploring the concept of a "joke" and laughs at ours and his with his loud and deep little boy "ha-ha-ha." Poem often joins in with her higher pitched "ca-ca-ca". She is very interested in her brother, chasing him via a crawling or assisted-walking position and trying her best to join in on whatever he his doing. She loves to climb, hang on things, clap her hands in delight; she also kisses and give spontaneous hugs which we all enjoy. She has just started saying a few words, among which include "Ha-ba" for "Happy Birthday". She learned that fairly quickly as we would sing to baby Jesus during the Christmas season. Here is a simple video of Poem entertaining herself, mostly "talking", followed by a short clip of Noble singing - he loves to sing.
