February 7, 2008

Our Walking Wonder!


As of January 29th Taylor is officially walking on her own! About mid January she began to use her walker wagon, then she would take a few steps and fall. Now is off on her own walking all around the house, and we can barely keep up! Tay is so proud of herself, and she should be! She is very quick and she can get around the house before you even have the chance to wonder where she may be. It is amazing to see this tiny little 7 month size baby running around! Especially in her bare feet! She is also getting very good at climbing up the stairs! It takes her about 30 seconds to get all the way up the 14 stairs to the upper floor! I can hardly believe it!
As of Valentines Day Tay will be 15 months, and we will take her to the doctor for her check up. I will have a better update on her size and weight then, but for now, all I can tell you is that she is offically out of all clothes 3-6 month! She is even too big for the items which are 6 month!
Taylor is also drooling a lot! We have a bib on her whenever we can, and we are constantly wiping off drool. She is working on teeth number 7 and 8 and we believe they are molars since she is shoving everything into theback of her mouth. Tay is a little crankier than usual, but she is dealing with it very well. She loves to chew on ice! I cant get her to drink anything throughout the day, but ice cubes, she loves them!
Tay's naps are getting fewer and farther between. She has a good schedule that works well for me, she sleeps until 9 am or so, naps between 2 and 3pm, and is in bed around 9pm. I just wish that the naps lasted longer than 15 to 20 minutes! Oh well, I guess some things never change!
We have had a bunch of snow hit recently, about 12 inches just yesterday! Taylor loves it! We took her out sledding and to playing the snow and she just smiled and ate the snow! We walked around the lake on the ice, sledded down the hill in the backyard, and watched Daddy blow the snow off the lake so we could skate! I think we were out there for almost two hours!
Our little girl is growing so big, and we see something new everyday. Her newest word is bubble, which makes her able to say Kitty, Daddy, Doggie, Ducky, Bubble, Baby, Bye, Hi, and Thank you! She even knows what all of them even mean and when to say them! She has three words in sign, Please, More and Eat. These have come in tremendously! The other day I caught her "fedding" her duck! And she is beginning to interact with the other kids at Gymboree!

9 comments:

Susan said...

oh my goodness! what a GREAT update! She is getting bigger, you can defintely tell she's putting on some weight. HOW CUTE IS SHE! You can tell how proud she is of herself.
wow, out in the cold for 2 hours. I am such a wimp, i cannot even imagine. Can I send my son up to visit you? He would love it.

Love seeing Taylor's progress. She is precious!! I know you are even more crazy busy with your fast climber/runner/walker, so I'm so glad you posted an update. I love to check on Taylor. :)

She makes me smile. :)

Jila said...

Yes, me too. I love love love to see Taylor's progress. She's awesome. And you guys are obviously giving her the love and security to blossom. As we say a million times a day in my house: "Good job!" Will e-mail soon. --Jila (Kiana's mum)

Jaimie, Gena and Berik said...

She looks right at home in the snow! Off and running eh? Good luck! You'll never sit down again, ha ha! She is so ADORABLE!! Great post. Thanks for sharing. Gena

Dana said...

I'm always happy to see an update and that first picture of her is adorable! She is definetly proud to be walkiing. Amazing how fast they grow. I still have that box packed with stuff for Taylor, she will have it by spring. Most of the clothes are for summer anyway and I'm sure she will fit right into them. Yeaaaaahhhhh!

John & Jenny Morgan said...

She's made such great progress since she met her parents! I love reading Taylor updates and am so excited that she's walking, talking, pretending, etc. Wow!

Kelly and Sne said...

Yay for Tay! Look out for you! Actually 15 months is right on schedule for many kids - I was a "late walker" too. I can see that she is really looking happy and relaxed - more so from the first few days she came home. What a cutie! Hope to meet her and you two this Summer.

Catalina said...

I was so happy to see Taylor`s pictures and I am glad she already started to walk! Now she can explore more :). Enjoy her, she is so cute :).

Kim said...

Congratulations on having a little walker! They are so cute when they start walking. Joshua is teething too and the drool is non-stop. it is super gross! :)

Kim

Maren and Peter said...

Hi there!
We haven't checked your blog in a while but I have been wondering how you guys are doing. Looks like you are all doing great and Taylor is growing up just as quickly as Rinat is. Isn't it just amazing how fast time goes by? Glad to know you are all happy and healthy!
Love,
Maren, Peter, and Rinat