• KEELEY loves being creative--drawing, finger painting and playing with clay (and mixing all the colors!).  Keeley loves to read books--her favorite right now is "The Little Engine That Could".  Her favorite song to be sung when she goes to bed is "Dust in the Wind."  She can count to 17 (although she skips right over 16 for some reason :-), say all of of her colors and can repeat the letters of the alphabet (although she loves to skip to "wxyz-- now I know my abc's next time won't you sing with me!".  She also likes to sing "twinkle, twinkle little star and "somewhere over the rainbow"  She's learned that Mommy's family is in Massachusetts and Daddy's is in Wisconsin--she says both state names very well!  Keeley is putting more and more short sentences each day--her language skills are exploding.   Some of her favorite sentences include "Mommy, what is that?" and "Daddy who is that?"  She's learning to speak Spanish and Cantonese at schools. She can count to 6 in Spanish and sing a couple songs in both languages. We thought she was just learning Spanish until the other night when she was signing a song and we had no idea what she was saying...Jeff asked "are you singing in Spanish" and she replied "No, Daddy, it's Cantonese!"  (well...excuse us!)  She's becoming so inquisitive and demands on doing everything herself (from putting on her clothes to buckling herself in the car seat.  Of course, getting anywhere takes twice as long now!  Keeley still loves to pretend play in her kitchen and make all kinds of entrees.  Her most favorite thing is being outside and exploring new things, she loves going to the beach (which we try to do often!).  She still loves playing with all of her musical instruments and taking care of her baby "Stella."  She also loves pretend play--like pretending she's shopping, or grabbing her purse and putting on Mommy's shoes and pretending to go to work.   She's very interested in cooking and joins Mommy in the kitchen to help with almost every meal.  Keeley loves to take care of Kaelin and most of the time refers to her as "sweetie-pie" (she's also started to call some of the other infants she meets that name too!).   Keeley's latest fun hobby is gardening and we are waiting for tomatoes, herbs, flowers, peppers and beans to grow.
• KAELIN is 16 months old! She has 6 teeth now. She's standing by herself and walking four for little bits on her own. We often find her chasing Keeley and Keeley goes from room to room to hide on her.  They love this game an laugh hysterically when they find each other.   Kaelin loves climbing and is very strong. We have been catching her climbing up onto the play table many times...She loves playing shopping, playing with dolls and listening to music.  You should see her dance moves!  She's learning more and more commands and will begin to learn baby sign language at school this month.  She's eating "big people" food and loves broccoli florets, scrambled eggs and pasta. She's so lovable and always has a smile for everyone.  Kaelin loves to be outside and especially loves going for walks in the radio flyer wagon! She's saying "mama", "dada", "duck"  and gets excited when she sees any kind of animal especially birds.  She's beginning to like the same toys as Keeley and she's starting to put up a good fight with her older sister!

Upcoming birthdays & events include:

• March:  Auntie Erin and Kelly's Birthday (5th), Uncle Brady's Birthday (26th), Kaelin's first Easter
• April:  Kaelin's 1st Birthday (13th), Nana and Papa coming to visit from Massachusetts!, Mommy's Birthday (25th)