VIDEO: Miriam is walking!

She finally did it! One day before her 14-month birthday she decided walking wasn't too hard after all. She's taken 9 consecutive, stable steps so far. YAY!

March 28, 2009 - 26 sec

VIDEO: Standing

Miriam was working so hard on standing up by herself. She only started showing any interest that day, 2 weeks ago. She's so cautious, she can only take it for a couple seconds then falls on purpose. Silly kid.

March 14, 2009 - 51 sec

VIDEO: The Fort

Yes, Miriam has built a fort. There's a recliner in the corner of our living room, and she has claimed the space behind it. She stashes toys back there for safe keeping, and likes to rearrange the pillows pretty often. She spends a lot of time back there, just... sitting. She leans back against the pillows, folds her hands in her lap, crosses her ankles and just relaxes in her new found privacy.

Feb 26, 2009 - 58 sec

Updates on life

Wow, sorry it's been so long since I've posted, Grammas and Grampas. Things have been crazy here. Miriam is growing and growing. She's still quite a jabber box. This one word she says all the time, sounds like "a-bobby-yeah". She says it really fast. We have no idea what it means. She now says stinky (dinky), yucky (gucky), baby (beebee), ball (baaawwwl), puppy, daddy, mommy, yeah, wow, wowee, uh-oh, and mmmmmm right after she takes a bite of food. She can stand up by heself for a few seconds, then falls on purpose. She's taken a couple steps, we'll let you know when she's officially walking. If you ask her how old she is she'll hold up her little finger and smile. She'll tell you where her nose is, and where her hair is. She does several sign language words, please, more, all done, and thank you. It's so fun to watch her learn and develop.

Hangin' out in the fort, as usual.

Sharing a chair with Ali (UNusual)

"I think I'd like to read a book"

This is Wookiee's hiding place... how could anyone ever find her here?

Mira is still crazy over Taten. He lays on the floor and lets her "get" him.