The Big One

So E has hit two of the biggest milestones these last two weeks.

The first... she's perfecting the art of walking. She is officially a toddler and toddles at the most random moments. We coerced her in the beginning, with open arms and games. But now she'll stand up in the middle of the room and just take a few steps and then sit down. I think she's trying to figure out when it's most convenient to walk (like when she has a toy clutched in hand) and when it's just easier to crawl. And of course, we thought, we have to get pictures of these first steps... but it's harder than we ever imagined. Any time a camera or camcorder comes out, all concentration is lost and walking goes out the window. Instead she just points and does her "I want" grunt at said electronic and usually immediately falls to her knees and crawls to get it. Drat! Here's a few examples of where we almost got her on video walking...





Second, E is getting her molars! She now has 9 teeth! (Yes, when it rains, it pours. Literally too. What a wet week!) She had 6 teeth for the longest time. We could see the molars and incisors making their way to the surface, but nothing happened. Then one slightly (only slightly, she really doesn't complain. It's amazing. She doesn't even sleep any worse for the wear) cranky day, we looked in and voila, there was a molar pushing through. Compared to her little mouth it's HUGE! It's on the bottom left. That was probably about a week ago (or maybe only a few days ago, but it feels like a week ago). And then just today, I felt inside her mouth... and lo and behold, there were two more teeth coming through. On the top right, another molar had pushed through quite a bit. I never noticed that one! And lastly, she's getting an incisor (I think that's what it is) on the bottom left. Pictures of those are also highly illusive. Here's our attempts at getting (unsuccessfully, I might add) pictures of her new teeth...







Phew! That's a lot of change for one little girl to go through. Three more teeth and the use of these things called legs! If you haven't seen her in a while, she's quite a sight to see. Oh and when she's standing up with her cute little bob haircut, she looks so much like a little girl and no longer a baby. Awwwww. Of course, she's still nursing (yes, even with all those teeth), so she's still my little baby girl!

Oh and while uploading these pictures, I realized, E has also been practicing and being mildly successful at feeding herself. She loves using her own fork and spoon to eat. This also happens to be the only way we could get her to open her mouth wide enough to get pictures of her teeth. :)

Oh and here's one more cute video of E when she started stacking our couch throw pillows. (Note to self: narrate less! ha lol)