Another walking video

Eliza walks -- another video!



And a couple of photos just for fun:

Eliza walks!

The title pretty much says it all. Out of the blue, Eliza started walking yesterday afternoon. Here are two videos.

Be warned: the ending is a little rough. But not to worry, she was just fine!


A day of walking under her belt, and she's already a little steadier on her feet!

Happy Birthday, Eliza!

So um...it's actually been almost four weeks since the big day. But better late than never! Here are some pictures of Eliza's big day, which she spent with Mommy, Daddy, and her Grandma Memsa:


All ready for a birthday!!


Needed: one birthday cake with one candle.


Question: how will Eliza like her first taste of cake?


Answer: pretty darn well.


Wrapping paper is such a great present.



And so is Horton.



Checking out new toys!


Singing with Daddy!


Three generations of ladies!


All in all, a wonderful first birthday and a wonderful first year.

p.s. Here's a little video from April 10:

A funny foot, and other random cuteness

This week Eliza has continued to move more and more, leading Mommy and Daddy to the conclusion that it's time to baby-proof the apartment a bit. Exhibit one: Eliza, caught red-handed with her very favorite toy:


Apparently, she is also getting ready to play soccer (with a ball she, er, borrowed from her friend Mathias). Guess we'll have to explain that pesky old "no hands on the ball" rule one of these days...


We also suspect that Eliza is teething, since she has been waking up at night and chewing on everything in sight. For instance, wooden balls:


And shakers:


And proof that Eliza does, in fact, have a couple teeth already!


Another cute thing Eliza has started doing is giving hugs. Here is an example of Eliza hugging Beaufort ("BYUE-fert"), one of her very favorite toys. He is named Beaufort because he was a gift from Eliza's cousins from Beaufort, South Carolina.


Finally, the aforementioned funny foot!


And some more random cuteness.

Bigger and better

The last two weeks have been fairly exciting. First, because the Grandparents Galvin came to town. Second, she has been scooting all over the place, cruising like a bandit, waiving at everyone, and has even started saying a few discernible words: dada, mama, dat (which we think means "that") and--only twice--book. She also clearly understands many words that we say; if we ask her "where is dolly?" she'll lean down/turn around/scoot over to her dolly and pick her up!

Here are some recent pictures:

Waving "hi," with Grandma:


Playing music for Daddy and Grandma:


Explaining the complexities of the exersaucer to Grandpa:


And pausing to pose:


Any kind of cord, string, or strap is fascinating:


Aren't puzzle pieces meant to be used as cymbals??


Bath Time!!


Riding on Daddy's shoulders = FUN!!!


A rare picture of the three of us:


If you haven't heard, Eliza loves her cheese:


Happy girl!


Pulling books off the shelf and showing them to Grandma:


This one's just a nice picture:

Eliza's Library

Several family members have mentioned that it might be nice to have a list of Eliza's books. So here it is, Eliza's current holdings listed alphabetically by title. We will update this list as her library grows and have created a link to it on the side of the page so it can be found easily.

TITLE	AUTHOR (Last) or Publisher
Baby Danced the Polka	Beaumont
Baby Loves	Lach/Cassatt
Barnyard Dance, The	Boyton
Berenstein Bears Go To School	Berenstein
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?	Carle
But Not the Hippopotamus	Boyton
Doing the Animal Bop	Ormerod
Duckie’s Rainbow	Barry
Farm	Baby Einstein
First Animals	Paradise Press
Fuzzy Bee and friends	Priddy Books
Going to Bed Book, The	Boyton
Goodnight Chicago	Gamble & Veno
Goodnight Moon	Brown
Green Eggs and Ham	Seuss
Hanukkah!	Schotter
Hoppity Skip Little Chick	Brown
Horns to Toes	Boyton
La Ferme (French)	Hemma
Little Ladybug	Chronicle Kids
Little Quack’s Bedtime	Thompson
Little Quack’s New Friend	Thompson
Magic School Bus at the Waterworks	Cole
Marvelous Mud Washing Machine	Wolcott
Millie Moo	Moody
Mouse Family Album, A	Sampson
Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?	Seuss
My First Word Book	DK
Noah’s Ark	Smith
Noah’s Ark (board book)	Spirit Press
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish	Seuss
Opposites	Boyton
Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?	Carle
Pat the Bunny	Kunhardt
Petit Ours Brun est amoureux	Bayard Jeunesse
Poky Little Puppy, The	Lowrey
Puppy Love	Rupnik
Quack! (board book)	Root & Meade
Real Mother Goose, The	Rand McNally
Secret Staircase, The	Barklem
SoftyPlay six-pack of animal books	SoftPlay
Squishy Turtle and friends	Priddy Books
Ten Little Ladybugs	Gerth
Touch and Feel Pets	DK
True Story of the 3 Little Pigs	Scieszka & Smith
Very Hungry Caterpillar	Carle
Walter the Farting Dog	Colman
Where is Baby’s Dreidel	Katz
Where is the Green Sheep?	Fox & Horacek
Where the Sidewalk Ends	Silverstein
Where the Wild Things Are	Sendak
Who Wants a Wagon?	Mayhew
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day	Milne
You Can Do It, Sam	Hest and Jeram

Just standing around...

A cute video of Eliza's newest trick--standing almost unsupported. She's changing so fast!!!