Growing Kids Things Are Always Moving

My girls are growing and changing faster then I would like as their Mother. Brooklynn is now 9 and feels safe to stay alone while I run to the store. She has done it a couple of times now and seems to love the independence. She is a good girl and I have never had an issue trusting her home alone. Kaitrynn is signing all the time, she knows about 137 signs now. Today I had a signing time video on. She said "MOM" I turned around and she was signing the opening song word for word along with the video. She thought she was pretty slick. She can recognize many letters of the alphabet. We were out the other day and parked next to a Texeco gas station. She said "MoM O ". She knows about 10 letters and will tell you the ones she knows when you ask her. She is one smart cookie as my Nanny would have said. I am grateful that she is doing well with her learning. Her health is still up and down. She doesn't eat and have any will to eat. Part of this is her age and the other part is no desire for food. Some days I am lucky if I get 2 gold fish down her. She lives on her special formula. That what keeps her going. I mentioned it to the Dr. today and her response was ahhh. We are still trying to get her tummy to be calm at night,so Mom and Dad can get some sleep along with Kate. We are grateful despite the obstacles that she is here in our family. She has got the sweetest personality.