Update 1: Baby Girl News
So yes, I suck. I should say WE suck, but Brandon never writes on this anymore so I guess it’s totally my responsibility. I did update photos a week or so ago, but never put up that announcement. Anyway, I’m planning on giving you 1-4 updates on what’s going on in our lives.
We begin with what’s most important – Miss Muiread. It’s hard to believe she’s 10 months old now. I guess that means I need to put some new pictures up again. (I’ll get to it, there are some pretty cute ones). I find myself doing little videos more and more these days. There are some updated videos on our YouTube site as well. I can’t access that from work to include a link so you’ll have to use one of the previous videos here to get there for now. (I should add a link in the right hand column I suppose)
Muiread is still a peanut but she is growing like crazy. At her 9 month appointment her stats were as follows:
At this rate she’ll be perfect for gymnastics. (or wrestling) We’re finally in all 9 month clothes. I have to give her credit for letting us use her clothes longer than anticipated.
She’s eating like crazy. Loves applesauce, spaghetti O’s, cottage cheese….well honestly, we really haven’t found a food yet she won’t eat. These are just the foods she kicks her feet for. We have tried all sorts of stuff and keep trying more things as she is able to try more “chunky” food. If she would only get some more teeth! (she still only has 2, but we’re pretty sure there are two more on their way finally)
Movement – Let’s see in June she finally started crawling (see video from June 10th), that quickly progressed in to much faster and accurate crawling. Then in July while we were on our trip, she surprised us by pulling up in the hotel crib. (there are pictures). Now all she wants to do is stand up everywhere and cruise around the perimeter of the downstairs. She’s getting pretty good at that too. I’m waiting for the day she let’s go of the couch and is just standing there. (she’s one handing it right now most of the time).
Babbles – Muiread has a lot to say but has no inside voice. I’m pretty sure her first word will be ball, but we’ll still have to wait and see on that one. Everyday when I’m driving her home from daycare, she tells me all about her day. It’s pretty cute even if I have no idea what she’s trying to say. Her other big communication thing is waving. She’s been doing this now for at least a month. She waves to everyone we see. The other day she was even waving at the people on TV.
So those are the big points. I’ll try to do a little better with this in the future, so don’t give up on me yet!!
Comments
That's awesome. We started doing sign language with Taly around nine months. I bet she totally understands what you're saying, and just can't quite verbalize her own thoughts yet. We just learned signs for things she was interested (ball, dog, swing, food, water, etc...). We did it for about 2 months before we were positive she was doing it back, if I recall correctly.
There a ton of books and videos you can buy, or check out from the library. We mostly used the MSU ASL Browser
Posted by: Jerry | August 19, 2008 03:26 PM