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Saturday was our first Water Babies class! We had a BLAST! Taylor was the youngest out of 10 babies. This, in part, must have had something to do with her being one of only 3 babies that did not cry in the class. She is too young to be afraid. To Taylor, this was nothing more than a giant bathtub, and we all know how much she loves bath time! We practiced different positions, 'swimming' on our tummies, bouncing on mommy's knee, and the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme helped introduce her to the idea of 'falling' into the water. And, finally, we submerged. I must admit, I was terrified! Dunking my 6 month old baby under water. Bounce 1, bounce 2, bounce 3, blow in her face and into the water Taylor went. At that moment I felt my heart skip a beat, my breath quickened...would she scream and cry?! Nope. For a split second, she looked at me with an expression of shock, 'why would you do this to me' was written across her face. Guilt began creeping over me. I managed to keep a smile and cheer on her achievement and, then, her eyes began to brighten and a smile came across her face! We submerged 2 more times. Ray and I were so proud. What a brave, beautiful little girl we have! We are going back again next Saturday!
Ray passed his boards!!! Ray passed his boards!!! Not that we had any doubt, but its a relief to have the scores in our hands! All we need now is graduation day to hurry up and get here! How did we celebrate...we started packing boxes! That's right, in a month we will be moving back up to Shreveport!
Pulling up is our newest trick! This fearless little 6 month old no longer wants to sit around! She pulls up on everything! Needless to say, nap time is somewhat nonexistent at the moment. All Taylor wants to do is stand on top of her bumper and look out over the top of her crib.
Saturday was our first Water Babies class! We had a BLAST! Taylor was the youngest out of 10 babies. This, in part, must have had something to do with her being one of only 3 babies that did not cry in the class. She is too young to be afraid. To Taylor, this was nothing more than a giant bathtub, and we all know how much she loves bath time! We practiced different positions, 'swimming' on our tummies, bouncing on mommy's knee, and the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme helped introduce her to the idea of 'falling' into the water. And, finally, we submerged. I must admit, I was terrified! Dunking my 6 month old baby under water. Bounce 1, bounce 2, bounce 3, blow in her face and into the water Taylor went. At that moment I felt my heart skip a beat, my breath quickened...would she scream and cry?! Nope. For a split second, she looked at me with an expression of shock, 'why would you do this to me' was written across her face. Guilt began creeping over me. I managed to keep a smile and cheer on her achievement and, then, her eyes began to brighten and a smile came across her face! We submerged 2 more times. Ray and I were so proud. What a brave, beautiful little girl we have! We are going back again next Saturday!
Taylor took her first flight in PopPop's plane!
The 'headset' didn't really fit, so she wore Infant Earplanes instead. She did great! Only cried for a few minutes. Spent a good part of the time out of her infant carrier looking out the window and playing with the maps.
Taylor and I spent a week in Shreveport. We stayed with Gammie and PopPop. They just ate her up!
Taylor's first Easter!! She looked beautiful!!
Bathtime!! Loves her bath toys!! Especially her new 'Elmo Gets Clean' book.
Is she crawling yet? Well, Taylor now gets up on her hands and knees and rocks back and forth. She looks like she is preparing to take off across the room. Then, just as she begins to slide one knee forward...
she decides that this crawling stuff is for sissy babies and it would be far more fun to stand up like Mom and Dad...
The docs told us that Taylor would be flexible, but its just plain crazy. She can totally do the splits! And this is one of her new sleeping positions...
More than anything, we get compliments on the fact that Taylor is almost always smiling. And its true, she is a very happy baby. BUT, we are now officially teething. So, we get a few less smiles and a few more of these faces....
