walking and talking and climbing, oh my!!!!!

I'll start with climbing.  This girl can climb!  Turn your head for one second and she's half way up the stairs.  Thank god for baby gates.  And thank god two times when we actually remember to shut the gate!  But it's not just the stairs - it's the couches, people, whatever.  She's so brave!

Walking:  she started taking her own little baby steps on January 24th with the urging of her parents, "walk to mama Claire, come on baby girl".  Now, no urging is necessary.  She will stand herself up using a table, chair, toy, etc, and walk away from it.  Sometimes it's clear that she's walking towards the dog or a specific toy, other times she walks aimlessly into the center of the room.  A few steps into it and she either loses balance and plops onto her butt, or she plops onto her butt "just because".  It's so adorable, though a little strange, to see my tiny little baby walking around.  She's so brave!  There's something wrong with the video camera I'm using - it's all blurry and crappy, so I apologize.  I also apologize for the wobbly shooting.  Lastly, please don't pay any attention to the filthy house!

And she speaks!  She said her first real word on Friday, March 4th.  We were in the Boscovs dressing room and Claire mimicked my mom and said "Uh Oh".  She continued to say it every time she (purposely) dropped the wallet she was playing with.  She has since said it at home a few times, as well as in the presence of her other grandparents.  Her first word couldn't have been something sweet and precious like Mommy or Doggy.  Instead she says UH OH.  hmmmph.  and LOL. 

my little walker

I guess it's safe to say Trent is officially walking.  We used to say "he's taking steps" when someone would ask if he was walking, but now I think its time to promote him.  He clearly prefers walking over crawling much of the time, and he takes the initiative.  When he was first starting out he would only walk to us if we egged him on.  Kevin was finally able to get some video of him


I'm not sure why the quality is so terrible..perhaps the screen was dirty.

I took Trent with me to a baby shower last week and he had me on the move majority of the time.  He wanted to walk, and see the other babies, and the gifts....oh god, the gifts.  He was not happy when I diverted him away from the pile of goodies for the mother-to-be and her fetus. 

baby steps

With the mention of being a ring bearer in the near future, Trent finally said, "I guess I have to stop procrastinating and show these people what I'm really made of" (his words, not mine). He decided to start taking his first steps last night!!!!!! His very first attempt to let go and walk to something should come as no surprise. He was....drum roll please....trying to get to Maggie! He didn't even get a full step in before tumbling to the ground, but at least he took that first courage step of letting go without sitting down first. Later in the evening Kevin and I sat facing each other and we did the "now walk to mommy. now walk to daddy. now walk to mommy" thing. He got several good steps in unassisted and we were so proud! It was a great night!