Over the past several weeks, both Becca and Isaiah have graduated to a new level of big sister/little brother playing. Becca has become more deliberate in playing with Isaiah and making up activities for him to be involved in. Isaiah loves playing with and following Becca. When the house becomes quiet, I know they are up to something. Just the other day I was starting to wonder where they were when I heard Becca say, “Isaiah, this is great fun!” They were enjoying the lavender hand sanitizer and were decorating each other with it.

Becca is 31.5 lbs (18.7th percentile for her age) and is 3 ft & 3 in tall (29.7th percentile for her age). She loves books: being read to as well as reading to herself. Going to the library is a highlight. We’ll miss public libraries when we move to Cambodia. Becca has a vivid imagination and is a great storyteller.  Her current  favorite story is The Christmas Carol. She regularly acts out the Bob Cratchit family and pretends she is Scrooge. Becca is very excited about having a little sister and thanks God during every prayer for saying yes to her request. She is now praying for a little brother for Isaiah. We have been encouraged with Becca’s growth in willingness to ask Jesus for help when she’s having trouble, and we continue to see her grow in her understanding of the Gospel.

Isaiah is 24 lbs (15th percentile for his age) and is 2 ft & 7.6 in tall (11th percentile for his age). He is a bundle of fun and always on the move. He seems to endear himself to everyone wherever we travel. He has followed in the families’ footsteps in loving books and in Becca’s love for Scrooge. Isaiah has a growing vocabulary and is starting to have two syllable words. He also has many different intonations: he has a very cute way of saying no and mine and a very monster-like way of saying the same words.