Arwen clapped on her own yesterday for the first time. I am not sure she realized what she was doing but it was cute!

9½ months already and on this day Arwen paid a visit to the doctor. Just a routine check-up, no shots thankfully. Nothing to report. She’s recovered almost fully from her illness and I couldn’t help but note the doctor’s tone in commenting that she is a very healthy baby. Really we’ve been lucky going this[…]

Arwen walked along the couch to get her toy this morning!

Yesterday, May 1st…Arwen also cut her first tooth!

I walked into the bathroom to brush my teeth. I could hear Arwen playing in her crib across the hall. I hear a couple of squeals, so I go to check it out. There she is…standing in her crib!?!!!

Arwen now has the ability to pull herself up to a sitting position in her bassinet. She can also pull up on her knees which makes it unsafe. And yes, I have kept her in the bassinet for 9 months. Guilty…. I have had her less than an arms length away. I could hear every[…]

It’s probably unfair, or perhaps even untrue, to say that recently there have been a lot of changes. I mean, everyday since she was born there has been this or that little bit of progress. Lately it seems she has been taking more of her “leaps” in development. They’re impossible to enumerate since most of[…]

The fight against whatever infection this is continues. Today we took her to the doctor and found out she has an ear infection. It’s in both ears, but one is worse than the other. I also suspect there is a mild sinus infection based on what I sucked out of her nose this morning. I[…]