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Date |
Movie Link |
Description |
File Size |
April 18, 2006 |
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She's on the move!!! Miriam
took some hesitant steps on Friday, April 14th, 2006 and started crawling on
Saturday, April 15th. It took us a couple of days to get a good video. |
10.0MB |
May 7, 2006 |
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Two of Miriam's favorite toys
are an electric piano/mixer and Doofus (a little dude with suction cup
feet whose head spins round and round). |
17.3MB |
May 7, 2006 |
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Crawling with a purpose towards
Doofus. The first time we stuck Doofus to the floor, Miriam was very
frustrated that she couldn't pick him up and shake him. Then she
realized how much fun it was to spin his head and make noise. |
6.7MB |
May 17, 2006 |
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Oh the joys of O's.
Miriam has decided that she really doesn't want us to feed her. So,
we've turned to foods she can pick up: cheerios, tofu, watermelon, cantaloupe,
frozen blueberries and an array of
frozen vegetables (peas, sweet potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, squash,
carrots). |
4.5MB |
May 28, 2006 |
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Bye-bye. Recently,
Miriam has begun to understand what bye-bye means, and so she is more
reluctant to say it. |
2.9MB |
June 6, 2006 |
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Books, books, books.
Miriam's taken to pulling them all off the shelves, opening them,
and looking at the pages. She is now interested enough to sit
through short stories. |
3.8MB |
June 6, 2006 |
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Toys, toys, toys. Half
the fun is taking them out of the box. The other half is making
noise with them. And, apparently, yelling on
this day. Poppa is still working on his speech development and often
mimics Miriam. |
23.0MB |
June 8, 2006 |
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Here she comes!! Miriam
began walking with help in early June. For the first week, she
thought it was the funniest thing in the world and would laugh as she
walked. Now she's more intent on where she's going. |
3.8MB |
June 11, 2006 |
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Miriam's favorite foods is
watermelon. She also really likes frozen blueberries, peas, O's, and graham crackers.
Note the ambidextrous precision grasping! |
5.8MB |
June 17, 2006 |
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Miriam started swim lessons
on Saturday June 17. This was actually the third time in the swimming pool. She likes it best when both
Poppa and Momma join. For the lesson she was very serious (too busy taking it
all in to smile) but seemed to enjoy herself. |
12.2MB |
June 17, 2006 |
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Friday June 16, Miriam had
the opportunity to push a small plastic shopping cart around at
daycare. Apparently, she was quite good at it; backing up and
maneuvering around things. Saturday, she decided to move the chair
since we don't have a shopping cart. |
8.5MB |
June 17, 2006 |
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Miriam and Momma rocking out
to Miriam's favorite toy piano. Please turn up the volume to
hear both the music and her squeals of joy. |
12.3MB |
July 4, 2006 |
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Miriam loves the
swing. She also loves kisses from her Poppa. |
6.1MB |
July 7, 2006 |
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Miriam getting
ready for lengthy discussions with Grandpa Jim. |
27.0MB |
July 22, 2006 |
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The sprinkler
took a little getting used to at first. |
6.2MB |
July 22, 2006 |
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But soon, Miriam
got the hang of playing in the sprinkler. "But, why can't I
catch the water?" |
17.0MB |
July 22, 2006 |
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If you're happy
and you know it, kick your feet. |
17.8MB |
July 26, 2006 |
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On July 26th,
after a week or so of taking hesitant steps, Miriam took off walking in earnest. |
7.5MB |
July 26, 2006 |
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And look how fast
she can crawl now compared with April 18th. |
3.0MB |
July 26, 2006 |
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She spent all
evening walking around the house after spending much of the day at school
doing the same. |
4.0MB |
August 2, 2006 |
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It's a shame that
Miriam doesn't like her Poppa. |
9.8MB |
August 2, 2006 |
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A novel way of
getting onto the bed. |
7.7MB |
August 2, 2006 |
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Getting better at
walking. BTW, Mark is talking to his brother, Michael, in the
background who was preparing to move from Milton, Delaware to Tucson,
Arizona. |
22.5MB |
August 19, 2006 |
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"Row, row,
row your boat
Gently down the stream
Ha, ha fooled you
I'm a submarine!" |
4.1MB |
August 19, 2006 |
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"Fishy,
fishy in the sea
Fishy, fishy come to me
One, two, three!" |
2.8MB |
August 20, 2006 |
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This was a
morning ritual in early July. When we tried to get video on the July
16th, she pushed the books out, but didn't crawl thru. She then
stopped doing this for a while and didn't start again until a day or two
before this video was shot on August 20th. |
20.7MB |
August 26, 2006 |
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Miriam has taken
to feeding Poppa and Momma, particularly when she decides that she's done
eating. "Hey, he ate all my blueberries." |
11.5MB |
August 26, 2006 |
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A favorite
activity is water play. It doesn't matter where: in a real pool, in
the wading pool and sprinkler on the deck, in the bathtub, or in the
shower. Note she's getting more agile, adventurous, and playful. |
31.3MB |
August 26, 2006 |
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And she's figured
out how to get in and out of the pool. And in and out and in and
out. If you look closely at the end of the video, you will also see
her intentionally put her face in the water. |
25.0MB |