A couple things I forgot...

In Miriam's 10 month update, there were a couple of things I forgot to mention. One is that she has really "found her voice." She loves to squeal, screech, laugh, "yell," and make any other noise she can. Unfortunately, she has gotten in the habit in the last week of doing this at about 5:15 am. I think she's just practicing in her crib...but, it's 5:15 in the morning! She's loud too! It's like she's right next to our bed and I have her door closed. I just leave her because she's not crying (and because I'm so tired). She goes back to sleep after about 45 minutes of her rehearsal.

She has started to clap and rock to music. If she hears any sort of music she'll start rockin'! She also has discovered splashing. I let the girls take a bath together now and nothing brings Miriam greater joy than to splash her sister in the tub. We just have to be really careful because she'll get so excited that she tips over.

OK, that's all for now. So much growth & development happening!

Miriam - 10 month update

Before Miriam turns 11 months (in about 9 days!) I thought I'd better get an update on the blog for her 10 month status. She's really grown & developed over the last 4 or 5 weeks. She's still not crawling, but is able to get to pretty much get wherever she wants. She keeps trying to scoot backward and I think that's hindering her ability to actually crawl. But, I'm fine with that for now because she can't get too far out of my sight! The other thing she just started doing is getting herself back up into a sitting position (from laying/rolling on the floor). She also likes to do this in her crib when she gets up in the morning or after a nap. She looks so proud when we walk into her room!

She still eats quite a bit of baby food (along with her bottles) and just started to eat more finger foods. I started with Cheerios (instead of those Gerber baby puffs) and she really liked those. So, now we're on to crackers (Ritz are her favorite!) bananas, & little bits of whole wheat bread. And still with only the 2 bottom teeth, she devours all of it. :)

Check out that little belly over the pants! Love it!

She's a very happy baby! Laughing at Eleanor is still one of her favorite things to do. Eleanor is also so entertaining to Miriam and it's nice to have that aspect. I remember thinking that Eleanor was probably bored with me at home. But, having the sibling interaction is keeping us all busier. With the weather warmer, I was able to open up the porch and get that looking nice again. It works great as a little playroom. All of these pictures were taken in there.

That's it for now!

SPRING!

It's

finally

here!

A lot can happen in 5 minutes...

I asked Eleanor to "entertain" her sister while I took a quick shower this morning - and this is what I came into Miriam's room to discover. Eleanor had done both of their hair. She managed to get 4 barretts in Miriam's hair and several in her own!

A closer look at the "do."

As I continued to get ready in the bathroom (why I bother I don't know since I haven't even left the house today!), Eleanor found one of my old (and seriously ugly) nursing bras. Three-year-old humor!

Three Dancing Princesses

Exactly a week ago we went out to visit our good friends, The Nelsons. I know many of you follow their blog, The Nelson Nest. Bill & Amy had another beautiful baby, Isaiah, and we brought them a meal (Papa Murphy's pizza as I don't really cook for anyone!). Anyway, Eleanor absolutely loves playing with the big girls - Gloria & Violet. Amy suggested that Violet get out her old Snow White dress and pretty soon they were all dressed up. It was so cute to see Eleanor get so excited about all of it!

Note: you can click on any collage to make it bigger.

Amy is a wonderful photographer and also loves to play around with editing. It was so sweet of her to take the time to put these collages together for us!

And, of course, we can't forget about Miriam! She was there too...just not dressed up like a princess.

We always love going out to the Nelson house and in Eleanor's words: "It's so fun to be here!"