A bit more motivated...

so i'm feeling a bit more motivated to actually share about what's going on these days. i think i've been refreshed from the norm with my jaunt to jireh to coach tonight. it always helps me get in a better mood. :) especially tonight, as i found out that a young man who used to be a gymnast long ago, corey, is back around the gym and seems to have found his way "home" to jireh. i'm extremely happy. i've know corey for about 6-7 years now and i really cannot wait to see him at the gym again. i can only imagine the giddy smile that will arrive when i see him again. it's been a long time...

anyway, i was thinking about my girls, what i could share, who they are right now. here's where i ended up:

alaina: wow. she's alaina. stubborn, infectous, maddening, beautiful and sweet. she loves her sister and is becoming quite the "mommy" when it fits her agenda. :) she is absolutely smitten with ballet these days. it does make me sad, a bit, to not see her in the gym flipping around lately, but to see her so excited to go to ballet - it's worth it. she doesn't complain. she's excited. she comes out of class invigorated. she adores the "big girls" at ballet, and i'm sure you can imagine, they love her too. she's becoming a graceful little dancer and i could see this being "it" for her. at least for awhile. :) and she's really starting to look like adam. i'm just REALLY seeing it in the last couple months. hopefully her body type will take after him as well!

cami: amazingly sweet, easy, my best little friend. she's also almost 2 and it's coming from all angles. :) she's an emotional basket case from 3:30 until dinner. then at 7:30 she's ready for bed. asking "i don't know" as she lays down if a blanket or baby is missing from her crib. she's beginning to talk real words and putting 2-3 together, though i have to say "i don't know" is my favorite. i ask her things all the time, like "cami, where's your baby?" just to hear her say "i don't know" and lift up her arms and shrug her shoulders. i'll try to catch it on tape. it's too sweet. she has started to say her name - "mimi" - just since saturday. it's crazy how quickly they change at this age. and cami, well, she's destined to be identical to me.

i decided to post a quick video of cami playing on a zebra toy she got for christmas. she LOVES this toy and has quite the hayday on it. hope you enjoy. (you'll have to ignore the annoying noise i make during it though!)