Echo Bush

For those of you that have little children and watch some TV with them you will understand this title. I will explain it later.
The girls have been progressing a lot lately. They are experimenting with the English language, trying new physical feats, and attempting to gain their independence and leave us. They have so much to grow and learn first.
Emma and Sofi have been working on the ability to speak recently. They are throwing different words together to sound smarter than they are. They like the way certain works sound so they overuse them. One of the more popular ones is "very". Everything is very good, very cute, and very nice. I have even heard they want to sit on the very couch. Jaynee and I smile all the time.
Last week Sofi decided that she was big enough to start climbing some of the shelves that we have in the house. She has nearly made it to the very top before we stop her. It is amazing how fast she can run and get up there. I know the second time she traveled from one end of the house to another and was nearly the top in less than 15 seconds. That may not be a lot of time, but it is for me as I continue to recover from knee surgery. Emma too has been having fun with jumping, running, and spinning. She has not yet decided to climb and when she does she may be even faster. Let’s just hope she doesn't want to climb until she is old enough to know when not too.
The last thing the girls have been doing is trying to show their independence. This morning Jaynee was saying a prayer over the food. Typically the girls help assist by repeating what we say. Sofi decide to ad-lib a little. Jaynee said something about blessing the food, and Sofi changed to bless mommy and daddy that they will get better. I don't know how the two are related, but Sofi is doing that more and more. Also, the girls think they are old enough and smart enough to parent one another. Jaynee and I often catch them scolding the other using the exact same words with the proper tone of voice that Jaynee or I have used on them. It is funny to see the girls yell at each other for something before we get a chance. What is really weird is that they are using the very words we were going to say. The title for this entry is the name of an episode from Dora the Explorer. A part of the episode has a bush that says everything that Dora and the monkey says. Well our girls seem to think they are the bush some days.
Just to fill you all in on some of the other mundane items in our lives: Sofi has one leg 1/2 inch longer than the other so she must wear a heel lift when she wears shoes; Emma still doesn't sleep at night, but she believes she is capable of reading a book even when there is no light; Jaynee will be hosting a food storage party at the end of the month; and I am still going to rehab and working on getting my leg better. I hope to be out of the locking leg brace by the end of this week.
Lastly, I have a 4-day holiday this upcoming weekend. We were initially going to travel to Atlanta so that we can get our first interview for the adoption process to begin, but the counselor will be coming to see us. This is a big step for us. We were going to go travel somewhere but it is also Stake Conference, and I have a couple of meetings that I must attend. So I think we will be looking to take some time off later this spring.
Sorry there are no pictures. The weather was a little cold, wet, and snowy. Yes, it snowed for about 3 hours this past week. I believe that makes it our 4th snow storm this season. I don't think Augusta has ever seen that much snow fall. Mr. Al Gore, where is this global warming you believe is occurring because I have yet to see it except in Iraq.