Belén took 6 unassisted steps today!!!!! And when she'd reached where she wanted to go she slowly just sat down...she didn't fall at all!!!! She took her first step on Christmas Eve and has a few times since but, 6!!!!! I've got a little walker!
Just in case you were wondering, we had a terrific Christmas! It was so nice to go back to Washington and spend time with family there. We were so busy shopping and doing family stuff that we didn't get the chance to visit with many friends outside of those we saw at church. Just know that we were thinking of you!!!
Another neat thing about being is Washington for Christmas was we happened to get the best of both worlds...meaning simply that it was a lot warmer than we were used to so we could get by without bundling ourselves up quite so much as we do here in the mountains...but we also had a little dusting of snow on Christmas day...how nice was that!
Belén and Dolly
Belén had a great time exploring Grammy and Grandpa's house and knocking down all the Christmas decorations that she could reach. She also really loved meeting Sadie (doggie), and Elsie and Oliver (birdies), and Shadow (kittie). Had Shadow let Belén come even remotely close to her I'm sure she would have been quite gentile! Though, I think by the end of our visit they learned a bit of mutual respect for each other...they would often get into little stand-offs where they would just be watching each other, not moving at all but watching...It almost looked like Belén was stalking prey.
Not too much else going on around here....we're glad to be home and spend time with friends we haven't seen since before the break...Zak is getting really antsy for school to start again but I'm enjoying having him around so I couldn't care less about school starting...
yumm! yumm! Grammy's Cookies
Zak also just had his wisdom teeth removed 2 days ago...he's doing really well, though his left cheek is really swollen and painful.
Belén is changing so much...she's become quite the little talker and says "mama," "dada," and "uh-ohhh." It's just the cutest thing except she'll say uh-ohh when she's trying to throw something the little stinker. She was sick when we got home from Washington and was pretty irritable but as she started feeling better she would crawl over to me, climb up on me and give me long sweet hugs. It just made my heart swell. I know, sappy mommy stuff, huh? I just really savor those days. For Christmas her Grammy got her a big stuffed Tiger, he looks pretty realistic for a toy and at first Belén didn't really know what to think about it but now she likes to pet it!
