Bryan’s birthday isn’t until tomorrow, but we couldn’t wait to start the festivities, so we went out to dinner tonight. (Or maybe it was because we were too lazy to fix dinner.) Last night we went to the Bacas for dinner and sang “Happy Birthday.” Maggie helped Daddy blow out the candles as practice for her big day later this month. She was a little reluctant, so I think we’ll have to practice between now and then. In the two pictures for today, I love the way Carter is looking at Bryan, and Maggie is actually wearing the barrette I bought to keep her hair out of her eyes.

Maggie loves to count. This morning while I was getting Carter changed she counted the number of drawers and cabinets she opened. “Eight, nine, ten, eight, nine, ten!” We try to get her to start with one, but she only will with some prompting. Bryan can get her from one to ten by helping her with the first sound. Seven is hard because it’s a two-syllable word. When you ask her how many of something, she’ll almost always say, “Two!” or sometimes, “Five!” Yesterday as we were going to the store, the high school let out. I said, “Maggie, there are a lot of buses here!” She immediately said, “Five, six!” She loves to count!

On a different subject, Carter laughed a real laugh this afternoon. I was talking to him in his car seat on the table at my parents’ house, saying, “Ahh, boo!” He’s been doing a big smile with a coo that sounds like the beginning of a laugh, but today he did both the coo and the little hiccup sound after like a real laugh. I’ll have to get it on video soon so I can share it with everyone!

Carter’s been getting much better at tummy time. Tonight Maggie decided to join him. I mean, of course she decided to join him. They are so very cute, though! I keep thinking every day that Carter is finally going to laugh, but he is saving it up for something really funny. I just wonder what it will be when he eventually busts loose.

I wanted to get a picture of Bryan making our delicious cauliflower curry stew for dinner tonight, but I didn’t realize that Maggie had her finger on her face. It looked like she was picking her nose. When I said something, she got a big smile on her face and really did put her finger in her nose! I really hope this is just a phase!

I think that’s all that needs to be said about that!