Hannah Cate has always loved books. Since the early days, she would sit contently and look at books. She loved (still loves) to sit in your lap and listen to a book -even at six months old she would sit through multiple books at once. Now she likes to pick out books at night to read before bed - some favorites at the moment are "The Lion Book" (Richard Scarry's Best Storybook Ever)and The Jesus Storybook Bible. Now that she's in her big girl bed, I love to crawl up in there with her and snuggle and read for a few minutes before bed.
Maddie has also always shown an interest in books, but in an entirely different way. It's rare that you can get her to sit still long enough to make it through even just two pages - let alone an entire book. She does love books though, she loves to look at them and point and jabber at the pictures. She loves to bring them to you, as though she would like for you to read it to her, though she has no intention of actually sitting to listen. She can pull every single book off the shelf in about two seconds.
I love these pictures of them, sitting so sweetly together. If I could bottle them up and keep them just as they are - I'm pretty sure that I would!
*Side note - do you have Carl's Afternoon in the Park or any of the other "Carl" books by Alexandra Day? We received it as a gift before Hannah Cate was born, from my cousin who has two children that are older than mine. It's such a sweet little book - mostly pictures and few words. If I'm honest, it was never one of my favorites because I'm not great at making up stories as I go - but both girls absolutely love it! If it's anywhere in Hannah Cate's eyesight, she always picks it up to "read". I should have known that a Mom who has gone before me would know exactly what she's doing! I have the other "Carl" books on my list to pick up for the girls. I highly recommend them!
