Archive for the 'development' Category

Meg walking

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

Meg has been getting really good at walking in the last couple weeks. Just in the last couple days, she has started to switch from mostly crawling to mostly walking. It is pretty exciting to watch her. We are especially impressed by how well she can pivot, and can walk a few steps, stop, then [...]

Bathtime and teeth

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

Meg has been thoroughly enjoying baths lately, and Spencer usually likes them too. We recently snapped a few photos of them in the tub. We also got a couple nice pictures of Meg’s new teeth. Her two bottom teeth started coming in around the beginning of November, and they seem like they are all the [...]

Lightning McQueen raking leaves

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
Spencer raking

Sunday afternoon after nap Spencer helped me rake leaves. We had a pretty good time. He is getting more helpful all the time. Here is a short video of him scooping leaves into the wheelbarrow. We dumped all the leaves onto the garden to compost. (We went to the zoo for trick or treating in [...]

Crawling, cruising, and cuddling

Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
Clare cuddling with Meg and Spencer

Clare cuddling with Meg and Spencer

Meg has made an order of magnitude leap in her mobility in the last week. She has gone from doing belly flops to regular forward crawling, and has started cruising a bit too. She can pick herself up to standing by grasping onto the couch, and will shuffle side to side a little bit. She [...]

Meg’s six month stats

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
Smiley Meg

Smiley Meg

Yesterday was Meg’s six month checkup. She is growing quickly. She only cried for a minute or two when she got her shots. We are so lucky to have such happy, healthy kids. She is working really hard on being able to crawl. She has been scooting backwards for several weeks now, but still can’t [...]