Words!

Our little Paigey is talking! Here are the words that she uses regularly:

mama - pronounced MAMA!

dada - pronounced daDA

cat - pronounced cat (one of her first words)

yeah - pronounced YEAH!

another (as in "i'd like another cracker") - pronounced nudur

potty - pronounced PAA

ball - pronounced bal

mad - pronounced MAD! and used in the proper context (you go Paige!)

book - pronounced ba

milk - pronounced mil

mud - pronounced mau!

Paige is working on saying her name right now. It begins with Pa and then she experiments with lots of other sounds afterwards.

Zoe's word for everything she wanted to see or do was "dat" used with pointing to an object (like "that"). Paige's word for everything is "MAMA!".

Photo of Paige taken on her 1st birthday!

Happy Birthday Paige!!!!! 1 year old!! We Love You!!!

Paige (future Cirque Du Soleil performer)

Paige making lizard noises

Paige is a girl on the move. Just after turning 9 months she figured out that she could crawl from room to room. There's be no stopping her since then. She's also a climber. She can climb onto the bed, up on chairs, and attempts to climb the dresser and highchair but Skip and I sure spoil sports. And 2 days ago she learned to get off the bed on her own! She'll walk if you hold her hand, but she's happy to cruise around the room holding on to furniture or to do what we call her crawl run.

Paige has a few words. She says "mama", "dada", and we think that her name for Zoe is "baba". She has tried to say "cat" a couple of times but it comes out "caw". She signs "milk", "more", her own version of "all done", and waves hello and goodbye.

Her favorite activities include:

- banging on the mirror and laughing

- jumping on the bed with Zoe

- standing in the rocking chair and rocking

- trying to lick our kitten Sophie

Favorite foods:

- Chuy's Tex-Mex

- strawberries

- bagels

- crackers

- olives

Paige squishes up her nose when she smiles. Oh, and now she tells Zoe "no". Being a second child is so different than being a first.

Happy Sisters

Chinese for lunch

Sisters

Art, food and hikes in the deep dark woods

Zoe and Paige - Cuties

The top photo is Zoe at 7 months, and the bottom is Paige at 8 months.

Early Saturday morning at the park

Vacation Truckster

One of the cars used in the movie Vacation was in front of Wholefoods this morning for a promotion. It was fun to see it in person.

Photos of my cuties playing

Early morning walks and peacocks

Paige's 6 Month Check Up

All is well. In the past 6 weeks, Paige has gained a pound and a half and grown an inch and a half. This week Skip taught her how to give high 5s.

Paige has her first non-mommy milk meal

Paige had her first bite of food yesterday. She had some avocado. She didnt know what to think at some moments, but she gave it overall a "thumbs up". She was very excited to finally be eating.

Video of Paige

Paige's 4 Month Check Up

Paige had her 4 month check up today. It went very well. She's now 13#7 and 25" tall.

She had her first shot today. We decided to do DTaP first. I was expecting her to be very upset. The nurse gave her the shot while she was lying on the table. She didn't seem to notice anything at first, then she got a bit of a concerned look on her face and started kicking her legs. Then she noticed the awesome sound that the paper cover made when she kicked and got very excited that she could make it make noise. I picked her up and offered her milk, but the nurse was taking the paper off the table at the same time, and Paige just wanted to see the paper being crumpled up. So first shot - no crying, no nursing, no nothing. That's not what I expected. You go girl.

Paige holding her head up