Vanessa Brady

It's tough to get a cute picture of this girl right now.  Her favorite thing is to make silly faces at the camera and then ask to see them.  I love this girl to death.  She is growing and learning so fast, I can hardly believe it.  We are working on learning her letters.  She isn't such a fan of me teaching her.  She likes to insist that she already knows them and doesn't need to learn them.  But she is slowly realizing that she does have to learn them and it's okay for mom to teach her.  The other day she told the PT (here for Benson) that she wasn't born knowing her letters.  Haha, it was something he had talked about the day before.  How we have to learn our letters because we aren't born knowing everything. 
This little lady loves to be the second mommy.  I think these boys have a long life of this.  Vanessa has had her third class of gymnastics.  She had a short lived debut with ballet and decided it wasn't for her.  Who needs choreography?!  She is more of a free spirit daner, and wasn't enjoying being told how to dance.  The kicker was when she realized she would have to perform.  That definitely put ballet out of the game, despite her bff being in the class.  So far, she loves gymnastics.  The class is pretty simple, they rotate on beam, swings, sometimes bars, and different activities on the floor like forward rolls, backward rolls, and headstands.  I can't believe how fast she is improving already!  I think she could definitely be an amazing gymnast if that is something she chooses to pursue.
Vanessa is a techie junkie.  She loves the ipod, ipad, TV, and playing computer games.  She asks to do them all day.  However, on the occassional day when she gets too much of them, she gets pent up aggression and turns crazy.  So we try to keep them limited and get her some exercise.  Some warm weather will make that so much easier.  Darn this cold! 
Vanessa is very loving.  She loves to cuddle.  She gives hugs and kisses all the time.  She loves to learn about Jesus and watch the Bible Videos about Jesus' life.  She is Benson's helper all. the. time.  She loves to push him in his wheelchair.  The other day we got a loaner powerchair and Benson didn't want anything to do with controlling it.  But Vanessa was happy walking alongside and doing it for him.  They are finally playing together pretty well most of the time.  I love to see their relationship growing so they can be best friends.  I hope the three of them always look out for each other and love being together over anyone else.