Quick Update

Things in the Butler house are going well. I have two weeks left on this class and then just two more to go until I will be done! There is a 2 week break in between those classes which will be nice since usually a class ends on Sunday night and the next one starts on Monday. I have started thinking about what I will be able to do with my new found free time in September :). I am looking forward to using my Nook a lot more then and catching up on some reading that doesn't contain any educational information.
Alexis is doing good, always, always, always on the move. Sometimes I am surprised by how much she moves. She loves walking along furniture and is very proud of herself when she can walk around stuff to get to what she really wants (usually the remote, a cellphone, paper to shred, or food). She is getting pretty brave with letting go of an object so she can reach further to get to the next one. She really likes standing without holding on to anything and has recently started dancing when she gets really excited. If she can't walk herself to where she wants to go, she will crawl over to us, grab our fingers, stand herself up and start going assuming that we are getting up right behind her to walk with her.
She got her first two a couple of weeks ago and looks adorable with it. Her hair is getting a lot longer and starting to get some sweet little curls in it. We love watching all the new things she is learning and wish we knew half of what is going through her mind when she is exploring. She likes to play on the first step going upstairs so sometimes I will move the baby gate and let her stand against the step and bang on it. She surprised me and climbed right up on the step for the first time. I decided to see how far she would go so I followed right behind her. She climbed to the top!!! She is an amazing little girl! :)