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This has been going on for some time now, but it was usually so short-lived I didn’t have time to pick up the camera. Not today. Here she is waving the tissue paper she had just destroyed…
Then she noticed the camera…
And then she started to teeter……
And then…
I’m still impressed.      
October 23, 2007 - 2:27 pm
Is that girl Irish? We should get her a little tent 🙂
October 24, 2007 - 3:41 am
I miss that little monkey. Especially now that it’s Wednesday. 🙂 Finally! The little bean has been babbling for quite some time now, and has mastered some the key sounds she’ll need for the chatterbox she’s likely to become – she is my daughter, after all. She was impressing us with how quickly she was running through the consonants and picking up new ones…but for a long time, one important one was missing. M. The critical one for learning to say ‘mama’. She had picked up her ‘D’ a couple of months ago and used ‘da da da da da’ all the time. Even when I would be secretly saying ‘ma ma ma ma ma’ in her ear, she would respond joyously with ‘da da da da’. Dan was pleased as punch. But then this morning, Dan brought her in to wake me up and the first sounds out of her mouth were the long awaited ‘ma ma ma mas’. YAY! By no means do we consider these to be her first words – the dog, cats, lawnmower and lunch have all been called ‘buh buh buh’, ‘da da da’ and ‘ka ka ka’ for awhile. But I am thrilled that I am finally on equal footing with her dada in the race for who she actually calls on first. Excellent. Since I can’t have a POTD post without a photo, I thought I’d choose one that shows Jaia in one of the few short moments during the day where she isn’t constantly babbling away…..Enjoy. I know I do.
October 22, 2007 - 10:53 am
She looks so big in this picture…so sweet!! Earlier today, I realized I hadn’t filled in some key info in Jaia’s baby book – exactly what I said I’d never do. I, like many of my friends, have a baby book that is only partially filled out. Most of the key info is there, but a lot of pages are blank, especially near the end of the book. I swore that when I had a baby, I would fill out every page and make sure no detail was left out. And then I had a baby and realized that time to sit and compose in a book is not always available. Make that beyond rare. And I finally understand why my baby book was only half full. Moms do what they can… But then tonight, I made time to work on keeping my promise to fill-out Jaia’s book. I figured I was glued to the couch watching ‘Must See TV’ (do they still call it that?), so I might as well multi-task. I opened up Jaia’s Big Book of Me, looked at some of the missing information and immediately felt bad for not remembering some of the key dates. How could I have not written when Jaia first rolled over or when she ate solids for the first time. Bad mama, bad mama. But then, as I posted the photo for day 291, I realized that though I haven’t been writing down the mini-milestones with a pen, I’d been typing them up on an almost daily basis (ok, some weeks were better for the POTD than others). So when I needed to find the specific date that Jaia did something spectucular (I’m her mama, it’s all spectacular), I could just use the search function at the top of the page and there they were. March 21 (rolling over) and June 1 (solids), in case you were wondering. Every once in awhile I question why I started trying to post a photo every day. Some days it’s near impossible to find the time and then I feel guilty when I don’t do it. But then, on a day like today, I realize that it was all worth it. So worth it. Without realizing I was doing it, I’ve documented almost every day of the first nine and a half months of Jaia’s life…all thanks to forgetful.ca. Like I needed another reason to continue.
October 19, 2007 - 7:05 am
While I was reading your post, I instantly remembered that she rolled over on March 21. :O) I think you can imagine why that date sticks out in my mind. Have no doubt about the fact that you are a great mom Shannen. See you soon!
October 19, 2007 - 1:52 pm
Jaia will be SO pissed off when she’s a teenager and every detail of her infant life is out there in cyberspace for her callow friends/rivals to use against her.
October 21, 2007 - 3:21 pm
Your readers appreciate every photo and comment. I wish I was doing the same for my Munchkins. I have baby books though! |
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Carole - What can I say? Even when she’s getting into stuff, she’s so darn cute! I need to come for a visit soon!
Sonja - I can’t believe she’s standing on her own already! She’s going to be walking around in no time.
Lizzie Jean - It’s never too soon to start her practicing walking down the aisle… 🙂
Auntie Jen - I can’t believe she’s stading! What a sweetie