Growing up fast

It seems like change, of late, is coming fast and furious with Talia. To summarize:

--In the past couple of weeks she has begun to become slightly more interested in walking, a stiff-legged, pigeon-toed effort. She delights in saying "walk, walk, walk" as she steps carefully along, clinging to your fingers for dear life.

--Last week she cut 4 new teeth (yes, within 7 days) and yesterday I discovered her first molar poking through. This means she has more than doubled her inventory of teeth in 2 weeks.

--She continues to learn words at an amazing pace. Yesterday I was holding her on my hip while drinking a cup of coffee and talking to my sister-in-law. Gradually I became aware that she was repeating, "ba-buk, ba-buk..." over and over again. I looked down at her just in time to see her poke out her little pointer finger and touch the Starbucks logo on my mug. Ahh. Continuing the family tradition.... :)

--Other fun new words include: "all gone," "huh-ho" (uh-oh), "Beh-meh" (Benjamin), "ah" and "ah" (off and on), and "up."















Talia brushes her hair















The only way to keep her on the chair is to strap her down!















Talking away with hand gestures (I wonder where she got that?)















Talia loves to play the piano!