Walking & Dancing

Here's a short clip of Penelope walking. Friday night, after about 2 hours of sleep, she decided she was ready for more action. We played and got some cute footage of her walking and playing a set with her dad. Enjoy!

One more thing...

Matt is now officially 37 - Happy Birthday! To celebrate his 37 turns around the sun...and to celebrate the not-too-often event that PP and him are still asleep this morning...I found out some fun facts about the year Matt was born.

In 1972,

• Five men are arrested in the Watergate office complex in DC for breaking into the offices of the Democratic National Committee
• Dallas Cowboys win Superbowl VI (go figure =), sorry it wasn't the 49er's, Matt)
• The Godfather is the top grossing film
• Pink Floyd debuts "The Dark Side of the Moon" during a performance at London's Rainbow Theater
• The Price is Right premieres on CBS
• A Car Cost $3879
• Average Cost of new house $27,550.00
• Average Income per year $11,800.00
• Average Monthly Rent $165.00
• Cost of a gallon of Gas 55 cents/gallon

Happy Birthday, Matt! PP and I are so blessed to have you in our lives. Thank you for all your gifts and the love and support you give.

Some more from Mimi's visit.

More to come...we finally have some decent video of her walking. I just need to get the video downloaded to the computer. Stay tuned...

Mimi's Visit

Mimi came to visit during my Spring Break. Above is a little video clip of PP dancing for her Mimi - super cute! She loves to dance and does so with the smallest encouragement.

We had a wonderful time with Mimi. PP and Mimi re-bonded and enjoy each other's company. They went on lots of walks around the neighborhood and visited with the kids that play in the greenbelt across the street. Mimi got to experience Penelope walking more comfortably on her own and Mimi was the first person PP signed "spider" to (she still loves "The itsy-bitsy spider"). Peeps did lots of her mockingbird sounds with Mimi, and overall had a great time bonding with her Mimi.

Mommy got to sleep a lot, decorate the walls with PP pics, and have some "Cortney" time (I spent an afternoon with a galpal and we got our nails, toes, and eyebrows "done" - it was pure bliss - thank you again, Connie). And Daddy got to work to his heart's content without any worries for his girls.

Thanks, Mimi for all your wonderfulness!

Who Me?

Penelope's said her first official word, and it's a good one for the baby book. Her first word, now, keep in mind it's her first consistent word, but she's not saying for any specific object, okay, ready? Her first word sounds alot like....s-h-i-, I think you can figure out the last letter. It's not something we say in front of her, and we think she's really saying "kiss" or "this" or maybe "sock". Not exactly the word we thought she'd say first - I've been working on "mommy" everyday with her, but it is funny.


I've been telling Penelope she's a mockingbird b/c she's really into repeating noises that we make. We've been trying to capture it on video, but haven't been lucky so far. There's a variety of noises we can make and she'll repeat them pretty well. Yesterday I called out "Cacaw! Cacaw!" and she quickly followed with "ca ca ca ca". Quick learner=).



Munchkin has also officially taken her first steps without holding onto anything. She's not consistent and doesn't do it too often, but she's definitely stepped forward on her own and not fallen. Such a big girl already!

I took this little video of Penelope today while we were walking Moby. She's into looking at herself in the mirror and we had just finished a 15 minute round of sitting in the bathroom sink looking at her. She was ready to get out of the sink, but not to give up the toothbrush, so we brought it along.

The pictures below are also from today - the ones in the yellow and orange onesie. Grandma sent the onesie and it's super cute on her. It's got Curious George on it and the words "Who Me?".

I took this one of Penelope today - 10 months old already! She's such a joy. The video below shows her helping me with laundry and also me trying to get her to copycat some noises she usually does on cue. There was one other video I tried to upload, but it was still "processing" 4 hours later, so I'll have to try again soon. While I was watching the clips to pick which ones to upload, she started copying the noises she heard on the computer - it made me wish I'd had the camera going then. =) Enjoy

Beach Videos

I didn't edit these, so not sure if anything exciting is on them, but anyone with "grand" in their name will appreciate these.