Trying Something New

I don't know if her Uncle Jo will ever kiss her again...

Eating on her own

Edy decided she is going to eat with a fork or spoon. Sometimes she gets a little frustrated and digs in with her hands, but she makes a consistent effort with the spoon first.
She's tried yogurt, applesauce, and Cheerios so far. Those Cheerios are tough though - she doesn't get them with milk yet, and they aren't very sticky.

More Words

Get ready for a flurry of updates.

The first one: Edy is developing quite a vocabulary. She now say ball, baby, and bath clearly enough for anyone to understand, she's good on the "B's". She also says up, teeth (as in brushing), and uh-oh. She signs words for cat, dog, brushing (as in teeth) and guitar (she made those up herself), airplane/bird, more, milk, sleepy, all done, parent (there doesn't seem to be a difference in the sign for Mom or for Dad), eat, and drink. I'm sure there is a few I am forgetting. She is obviously a girl-genius. :-).

My favorite though, is this morning when we got up, she made the sign for eat, then she made the sign and said the word - "O's" - she wanted Cheerios for breakfast!

First Word?!?

Edy yesterday said baa-bie while pointing at a yogurt container with a picture of a baby on it. She semi-consistently does it with books with pictures of babies, so we are sure she knows what it means.

Just like with walking, I'm not sure how clear it has to be to call it a word, but it is definitely two separate sounds with an associated meaning, so it sounds like speech to me.

I also forgot to mention she signs hot and cold, and she can almost say ball. Of course, the "l's" don't quite make it on the end there, but we're making progress.

Edy Sick, but Signing

Well we had a good long run of no colds for about 6 weeks I think. But Edy has the sniffles again - a little summer cold. She's been waking up 3-4 times a night and seems generally inconsolable except for NewMom's boobs.

She has been signing up a storm recently - and I think it is the coolest thing. NewMom and I have been teaching her sign language since she was about 10 months. About 11 1/2 months she started signing back to us. And it seems she's gaining new ones every day. She started with just "milk", but now she signs to us: daddy, eat/hungry, sleep, all done, more, airplane, and dog. She also made up her own sign for brushing teeth.

Edy Birthday!

On Saturday, we celebrated Edy's birthday - though I'm pretty sure Edy didn't really care. We had other friends there, and lots of munchkins running around. Since it was the first nice day of Spring, we had the whole event basically on the front lawn. NewMom's brother was also in town, and Edy's NewAunt Joanne was also here from down south in Oregon.

New Dad baked cupcakes and iced them himself. I will show her these pictures when she is 15 and yells at me that I never do anything foe her. I can tell her I made cupcakes!

More to come...

NewGrandmom Visits

NewGrandMom came up a few days before Edy's birthday and hung out in our basement since we didn't have renter. OK, maybe she didn't hang out there, but she did stay down there at night, and I think it all worked out OK. She had her own bed and kitchen, it was like a mini-hotel.

NewGrandMom babysat, went with Edy and NewDad to the Children's Museum, went to the park, and helped set up for her Birthday party. Not to mention all the cleaning and dishdoing in between. It was great having her here.

Out of Towners

The weekend before Edy's birthday, we had some out of towners come in from Portland and Monroe. Bev (who married NewMom and NewDad) came north, and Bridget and Michael came south. It seems we only got pictures of about half of them. Edy didn't quite know what to make of all the new faces. NewGrandpa Stan was visiting also.

Out at the Locks (Sort of)

We never actually got to the Ballard Locks on this trip. It was a little cold and Edy was getting sleepy and cranky - we made it as far as Me 'n' Moms, a used baby clothing store, which is just down the block. These were taken outside the visitors center, after we all had a healthy lunch of chowder, and fish and chips from the take-out place across the street. Yes, Edy does like french fries.

We also are showing ff our brand new stroller (OK, new to us - it was a Craigslist purchase). It has the ability to have the baby facing you while you push, instead of always facing forward. In our other face-forward stroller, it seemed Edy was always extremely bored, so we tried this one. Maybe she outgrew the phase, but she seems fine facing either way now. This stroller also has a really cool tray in front where she can eat, and the all important coffee cup holders. :)

Standing and Walking

These pictures are from April 23rd. Edy is getting more sure-footed about walking, and standing in no problem whatsoever. She seems to be better at walking than she thinks she is, but crawling is still the quicker way to travel right now.

Long Time, No blog...

Well, it's been over a month, and many things have happened. Edy turned 1, there was a Birthday party, she is making her first sign, she eats with a fork (sort of), NewGrandmom was here, and so is the summer so lots of new activities outside. See all the posts and pictures that follow...

Some more recent Edy pics

A few of the looks other than smiling that sometimes cross her face. These are pretty recent.

Her birthday is coming up on May 11th. Holy Crap! NewMom and NewDad have been parents for almost a year. We don't know how we've survived.

Coming at You Walking 2

A second video of the upright Edy from a different perspective.

Caught on Video: Walking

Edy has begun to string some steps together, and has even begun to walk from place to place without any prompting. In this video, however, she is VERY prompted.

She Walks!

I'm not an expert, and I don;t know when you actually count "walking" as "walking", but Edy took 5 steps on her own today walking from NewMom to NewDad, then took three more as she fell over into NewMom's arms, AND I THINK THAT'S CLOSE ENOUGH!

Yeah Edy! Now the real fun begins. We better baby proof fast. She sure does enjoy the walking on her own, giggles and laughs the whole time she's trying. We haven't let her fall down much trying yet, so we'll see how that goes when the time comes.

I am posting some recent pics of nothing in particular except a cute baby to commemorate the occasion.