First Steps

I finally witnessed Tiegan's first steps today.  She took about 3 sideways steps towards me.  Later she repeated her performance for Sydney.  I think she surprised herself a little and has no confidence yet.

She did a great job though and was so darn cute!

First Birthday

So bittersweet.  We are so excited that our little baby is turning one, but now our little baby is becoming our little toddler.  I don't think she will ever lose her nickname of "Baby" though.

This year Tiegan got to share her birthday with Thanksgiving.  She did get a special cake from Kowalski's though for dessert, along with pie, of course.

We are planning on having many family members and friends over to celebrate on Saturday the 27th.

"Uh-Oh"

Besides the much appreciated mastery of "Mama" and "Dada", Tiegan's first word was recently spoken.  That's right, her first word was "uh-oh".  It is the cutest sounding thing you have ever heard when she says it in her lilting baby voice.  I'm guessing she hears mom and dad speak this word many, many times  day to her older sister and brother!

Off and Crawling

We were all watching Tiegan closely during the long holiday weekend at the cabin.  Just a couple of weeks ago I noted how she was starting to really move around like an older baby, and she has been making moves towards crawling (getting up on all fours, but then mostly rotating and plopping back on her seat), but nothing happened.

Apparently she didn't want an audience, cause Tuesday morning she showed what she was capable of while mom was babysitting.  Now there's no holding her back!

First teeth (finally)!

For months we have been making the prognosis that Tiegan was "teething" and week after week her fussiness produced no teeth. Finally our fruitless prognostication bore fruit.

Stacy was holding Tiegan in the kitchen. She often holds Stacy's hand in a playful way just passing the time. On this day, Tiegan thought it might be a good idea to stick her mom's hand in het mouth...instead of the soft gummy mouth we were use too, Stacy felt the sharp sting of a new tooth with a second right next to it, about to reputure the surface. Finally! New teeth to explain at least why that day baby was unhappy.

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"I see you Dada!"

It was somewhat typical night of putting Tiegan to bed. She had been in the car seat for the 4 hour drive back from the cabin, and I expected some resistance. Rocking wasn't going so well as a little fist clutching a silky blanket kept swiping me across the chin; then the head started arching back -- a sure sign she had no intension of peacefully settling into sleep. So I gently laid her down in her crib.

To my surprise she didn't exactly fuss. Instead she started to entertain herself -- a little impromptu solo-peek-a-boo with her blankie followed by a some rolling around the crib. I simply stepped back and sat on the floor waiting for sleep to over take her.

The crib was quite and I was starting to wonder if she'd actually fallen asleep. Then I suddenly started to notice something moving above the 6 inch white crib bumper. I paused think it might just be a pair of feet, but as the fussing started to get louder and more frequent I got up to investigate. To my surprise, "feet" were actually an upright Tiegan. She managed to pull herself into a seated position and was looking at me sitting on the floor through the crib rails -- Busted!

Welcome to the world of the vertical baby Tiegan!

"Look at me -- I can stand!"

We were over visiting Bappa Keith today. Laying on my side, I was playing with Tiegan on a blanket spread out on the living room floor. She has been showing signs that she is getting ready to crawl (up on all fours rocking, scooting backwards) but stand? she seemed a long way from standing. Boy was I wrong. Grasping onto my shirt and shorts with both hands, she very tenaciously pulled herself up to a standing position. At first I thought it was a fluke, then she did it again...and then again and kept doing it until she was exhausted. Life is about to start getting interesting around here.