pamelamyers | November 23, 2010
Sam took her first steps today completely unassisted!!!! I was in the kitchen throwing a stew together and Sam was nearby playing. She stood up in the middle of the floor, which she has been doing a lot lately, and decided she wanted to get into the cabinet where we keep our pots and some of the things she likes to play with. She wasn’t near enough to reach the cabinet door, so she took one, two, very tiny, very tentative steps toward the cabinet until she was able to stretch out her hand to reach it. I was so lucky I happened to look down at her when she stood up so I could see it. Mark was working downstairs so I called up to him and when he came up, we stood Sam up on her feet and she took a tiny little step toward him. It was so exciting for all of us (I think more so for us than Sam, actually). We practiced with her a bunch more times and she took a few more steps but you could tell the whole effort was exhausting because she wouldn’t do it again after a while. Her steps are super cute – so, so tiny that she is almost more shuffling her feet than lifting them. You can tell she is just trying it out for size. We are going to practice a lot with her over the next few days. Maybe she will show off for her grandparents on Thanksgiving! Go Sam! Congratulations!!
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pamelamyers | November 23, 2010
Today Sam is 14 months old. She has changed so much even since her first birthday. There are so many things she does now that show me how big she has gotten. Her personality keeps showing itself all the time. She is a really funny little girl. One of her favorite things to do now is shake her head “no”. She doesn’t really mean no, she just does it because she likes it. If you shake your head back and forth with her, she laughs and laughs. She really loves it when you imitate her. She thinks it is the funniest thing ever. I have tried to get her to shake “yes” but she hasn’t quite figured that out.
She has been eating really well and trying more things all the time. She has learned to like chicken and she really loves ham! She also had pork and seemed to like it a lot. I was worried because she didn’t seem to want to try any meats at all, but she definitely does now.
One of the cutest things she does that really shows how big she is getting is learning to talk. She says words, but none very consistently. She will say them only when she feels like it, so to speak. So far, I think she pretty definitely has said Cat, Diaper, Mama, Dad or Dada (no Daddy, just Dad), Yes, and Banana (which she sometimes calls Nanana). She babbles all the time. It is so frustrating because she is trying so hard to tell us things, and we have no idea what she is saying. It will be fun to have real conversations with her.
I am looking forward to tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day. Last year she was so small, but this year she will be shoveling turkey and stuffing into her mouth. I can’t wait!
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