A Year in Pictures

From tummy to toddling: the last 12 months

(don't mind the man on the left of the picture:) This is a split-photo from my cousin's wedding)

Well, it's official. Our little girl is growing up. Goodbye little baby who is content to be in mom's arms and cuddle like crazy. Goodbye little RagedyAnn who hates to use her legs. HELLO little girl who is pulling herself up (as of yesterday), who stands at her little piano toy for super long amounts of time, who is wanting off any lap in order to practice walking, who army-crawls across any room, and who .... are you ready... was SITTING UP in bed when Daddy went to get her up this morning (only the second time we've seen her sit up on her own from being on her back/belly).

She was slow to warm up to the idea of using many muscles, but now she's making up for lost time!

Ramona, we LOVE watching you grow up!

Too Far Away!

While I was in the shower this morning, Miles was in and out of the bathroom and his bedroom as usual. When I got out of the shower, I could not find my glasses. Uh oh. I couldn't remember if I had pushed them back far enough on the bathroom counter that Miles could not reach them. I called for Miles and asked him if he knew where my glasses were. He said "Too far away". I asked where he had put them, and as we proceeded to search every room together, he just kept saying, "Too far away!". Finally, I asked him to point to where the glasses were. Unfortunately he walked over to the laundry shoot and pointed inside. He said, "Too far away. Can't reach". I ran downstairs to check the laundry shoot door. Sure enough.

Fun Times

Yesterday:
Miles finally dared to romp around in the snow (as opposed to just sitting in it:))




Today:
We've discovered that Ramona likes to sing! Here she got a little shy once I took out the camera, but usually she starts signing when we start, and stops singing when we stop. I'm biased, but I think her voice is just beautiful. Maybe she'll follow in her Auntie Laura's footsteps:)



Miles is getting excited that his little sister is interacting more and more. He's noticed that she'll hold on to things now, and here he is trying to get her to play with a specific toy. He's so patient with her!