A Doctor is in the House

Sophia is having no problem climbing stairs now. Even if everyone is downstairs, she'll climb up the stairs just because she can. Whenever she get to the top she crawls a few more steps, and then turns around to flash us a check-me-out-I-made-it-up-the-stairs grin. I have to admit, it makes me kind of nervous. I also know that once she can do it without a problem it will make my life a lot easier. I've been working some on teaching her how to go down the stairs. It will seem like she's getting it, and then she'll start crawling back up the stairs again. I remember Olivia doing the same thing. It's like they are so used to going forward, that if they don't think about what they are doing every second, they just end up going back up the stairs. Sophia has recently earned a new nickname. Yale and I have both started calling her Doctor. She has become very fond of the stethoscope from Olivia's doctor kit. Every time she gets her hands on it, she puts it around her neck and will wear it until someone forces her to take it off. It seems like it would get in the way of her crawling, but she doesn't seem to mind one bit. A couple of Olivia's current funny words: Volleyballey - volleyball dishwish - delicious ice cream bread - ice cream sandwich Olivia has enjoyed singing for quite some time. Recently she started adding a new twist to it. Now she likes to sing the first few words of a song and then she closes her eyes and hums the rest of the song. If her sister starts to cry, she will run over to her, get on her knees and start singing and humming to her. I find that absolutely heart warming.