Two Steppin'

We are so proud of Miriam Jade! This last Sunday she began taking her first steps. We have been making her walk from Mama to Dada, back and forth. I think she thinks it's a game. It's so cute watching her try to balance and move her little feet. We got really excited Sunday night when she pushed her shopping cart to the front room, left it and then just walked towards her Daddy like it was nothing. We tried to re-enact it for the camera, but that didn't really happen. So, here is a quick version:


She looks like a orangutan. At the moment, the most she can take is 10 steps until she leaps into our arms. She has a ways to go before she is officially walking, but it wont be long. Plus only 13 days until she is a 1 year old!!! :o)

Family Time

We had The Stillman family over for a visit. Since it was such a nice day, after nap time we decided to go for a walk. We went to a little park down the street. As Lindsey and I pushed the girls in their strollers, Kyle and Lee played their own version of badminton in the middle of the road. Miriam got a big kick out of watching her crazy daddy and uncle hit a hot pink little flying net ball thingy back and forth.

These two brothers can have fun making a game out of anything. For example, below is a picture of them playing with the girl’s toy. We thought they were going to break it when they started competing to see who could beat the flashing lights while flipping the plastic computer top open. Then they began singing their own made up songs to the ABC’s tune and it went on and on and on. Silly daddies these toys are for kids.
I should have got a video to show how annoyingly silly they were really being. ;o) All in all it was a good visit, come again please. :o)

New Tricks

I thought I would share some of Miriam's new favorite things to do.

During the week of Christmas MJ began pointing. She will now point at everything. This was a very cute new development in the beginning, however, Lee and I have been busy naming every object in the direction of her little finger. Sometimes over and over and over again. Also too when we are in public she isn't shy about pointing at complete strangers thus causing her very nonsocial parents to interact with people. (Thanks a lot kid.) Her second new favorite thing to do is scrunch up her nose and smile. I don't know where she learned it but it's cute.

Today at snack time it hit me that Miriam was 11 months old so I grabbed the camera to take a picture for our monthly collection. While doing so, MJ was so kind to display both her new "tricks" for me.

Please excuse the cheese bites and the puffs, she so rudely left in her mouth. :o)

And if you look closely you will also see her two new top teeth. I think we might need some braces.