Hello Everyone! Wow have we grown and progressed - for both little girls!! No, Naomi hasn't officially started walking yet though.

Miriam has begun doing some serious "talking" lately, it's been tons of fun! It definetly makes things confusing on the monitor when one of them start talking now - you can barely tell who it is! Until either Miriam goes more into "cooing" or Naomi pulls out some of her words you really can't tell.

Miriam has not rolled yet, but she's starting to move around in a circle with her kicking and reaching out for things. The combo tends to slowly spin her around. She has been having lots of fun reaching out for and grabbing things, rings and a stuffed ball with cute faces on it have been her fun toys; easy to move around. It's been lots of fun seeing her learn how to do things.

Miriam has also been very tolerant of he sister; it blows me away how patient and tolerant she really is! There's been a few mornings where they've both woken at the same time and I have to deal with one before the other and Naomi always wins on that one...Naomi would scream if I come in her room and leave without her, but Miriam is fine with it - as long as I don't take too long! She had only just started getting fussy the one time that I had to bathe Naomi (unplanned...) in addition to dressing and getting her downstairs. Miriam has also not been too scared lately when Naomi comes storming over to her and pokes or squishes her somewhere.

Naomi has still not officially started walking. On the 24th of January she took a couple of steps for her "Auntie" Amanda (behind mom's back of course!), the next day she did a couple for Mommy, and then the day after that a couple for "Auntie" Lisa - but since then not a thing. Today was the first day she even showed some semblance of interest in even trying. She had one no hands wobble today, other than that she's only been going to crawling right away when not furniture walking.

Her vocabulary completely blows me away every day. In the last week I swear she's learned and regularly used more words than she learned in total before that! Most of the main things in her life she can name quite accurately. Toys have names, toy animals make correct noises, important objects she remembers, it's amazing and crazy! Not stringing words together yet (with the exception of "all done"), still just single words, but she's beginning to make herself VERY understood!

For example, we went on a small road trip in the car yesterday and she adamently requested her water numerous times despite being "all done" many times as well. And if we did not react fast enough the plea began to sound quite desperate, and then she'd also remember to add please, or her "dee-dease" as it still is. It's been lots of fun learning new words with her and seeing her so happy that she's getting really good at it and getting things right. There have been frustrating times of course. On the same trip yesterday when she saw the map book, she pointed to it and said, rather demanded, "STORY!!!" and would not take no for an answer (tears and all!). She knew it was a book (which she also said) and according to her that means it must contain a story, so on Daddy went to make up a story to various maps as Mommy turned the pages - we travelled all over the Lower Mainland in the story! It was quite fun, but it's starting to be annoying that whenever she sees a book she demands a story, even when it's a time when we can't read one. Oh well, I really can't complain that she likes reading!

So that's how it's been in the world of Naomi and Miriam - lots of fun and frustration (but mostly fun!!) and TONS of learning.

Anna signing off to head to bed as Naomi and Miriam continue to be quitely sleeping, Nanook tries to on the floor, and Adam catches some news on the Olympics...