The Van Buskirk Tribune

Welcome to everyone who is visiting for the first time!

Have fun looking around at what I have been working on for the past few months. If you click on Ella's weight, height, or number of teeth in the left column, you can see charts including where she is in relation to other children her age (percentile charts).

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Lots of love!
Steph 

She just gets better every day.

This video is from Aug 13th.

Yesterday (Aug 17th), she was crawling all over the place! She is *officially* mobile!

She can do it!

Today, Ella hit a few more milestones.

1.)    She took her first (assisted) steps. Before now, when we held her hands while she was standing, she would not take steps. We had to lean her from side to get her to move her feet forward, and she usually just moved them back. Now, she takes forward moving steps!

2.)    A new word! “Ball.” I took video of it, but it is really dark, and you can’t see her very well. You can hear her, though. Right after I say “ball” she says it. She was saying it really loud before I got the camera out, but I guess she is camera shy. J

A milestone that she hit earlier this week was getting from a sitting position to hands and knees. It started with getting stuck, then moved to a few face plants, and now she can smoothly move from sitting to (trying to be) crawling.

As for crawling, I expect she will be forward moving in a matter of days. I have seen her move one leg forward a couple of times, but then plops on her tummy when it is time to bring the other up.

My baby is becoming a toddler right before my eyes! YIKES!!!

I have waited eight long months to hear my child call me "Mama." On this first day of August, this wonderful word came from my daughter's mouth. "Mama." At first, I thought she was just babbling. She has been babbling all sorts of things for about two weeks now, mainly just "baa baa." When she first said it, I made a big deal, smiling, praising, and giving her lots of attention. She smiled, waited a second, then said it again. I made a big stink once more, how could I not? :)

Then, a little while later, I went to put her down for a nap. Our nap time routine includes singing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." While singing, she put her hand on my cheek and said "Mama."

I am over the moon! This one word has never been so sweet.