Growing up

So out of the blue (to me at least - maybe Jim had more warning leading up to it) Grace came up to me tonight after dinner with the announcement that she wanted to call her cousin Emma. And she wanted to dial the phone. Jim thought she was just using it as a ploy to play with the phone, but she actually did want to call Emma. So she dialed, I got Kathy and then Emma on the phone, and handed it off to Grace. I'm not sure how the conversation went on the other end, but on my end it pretty much consisted of Grace asking what Emma was doing and then saying it was almost time for her (Grace) to go night night. Maybe a little bit more talking in there, but not a whole lot. I guess she just needed a little girl talk before bathtime tonight.

Sunday we take her to her first baseball game of memory (her first actual game was at about 2 months old). Jim is actually playing up the angle that we will have a good time, even though I know he doesn't particularly like going to baseball games. The tickets were free, so if we leave after three innings we're only out the parking fee (plus hotdogs plus ice cream plus souvenier - it will probably still be an expensive three innings).

As for the other kid, Alex FINALLY rolled over (at almost 6 months old he's a little late). Did it at Mom & Dad's yesterday afternoon, then a couple more times that night for Mom and a few times here today. He's very funny because I cheer so much when he rolls over that he just looks up at me from the new vantage point with the biggest smile on his face. Maybe I'll get lucky and capture it with the camera tomorrow.