Week Forty-Three

Dear Maren,

As of October 7, you're embarking on your tenth month of adventure. You're crawling all over the house. First you scooted around, then you learned to get up on your knees to rock back and forth, and now you cruise around the house with ease.

You also love to climb. You scale the back of the couch without any help and you love to pull yourself into a standing position using drawer knobs for hand grips. You're always lunging for the knob that's just out of reach. You lean against the cabinet, get up on your tip-toes and reach for that one shiny knob that's just over your head. You do this at the counter where we make your milk which makes me think that's your motivation. Must. Get. Milk.

You've become much more communicative in the last week. When I come get you out of bed in the morning you pause to give me a hug before trying to wriggle out of my arms. When we go to Miriam's house and knock on the door you watch for it to open and then make a sound that sounds remarkably like "hi". We were playing with your stuffed frog today. I would kiss you, then I would pick-up the frog and kiss him. When I gave the frog back to you, you held him up to my face for more kisses.

You're learning something new everyday. I can't wait to see what you discover tomorrow!

Love,
Mama