11 months

Time just won't stop! Miriam is now 11 months old and cuter than ever. Seriously. Look at that face!

and this one

and this one

and this one

and this

and this

and this

This past month, Miriam has had a lot of development. She's wants to walk most of the time holding our hands or the furniture, but she also finally started actually crawling. This means that she spends more and more time playing on the floor and exploring. She's also beginning to eat a bit more even though she's still toothless. She is such a cuddly baby. Much more so than Asher ever was at this age. She gives the best little hugs and kisses. She babbles and sings. She says Mama but we haven't distinguished any other words yet. She is definitely a mama's girl but she's starting to go to Jared more and more even when I'm around. And will let a few other people hold her for short amounts of time.

standing

She loves standing against the couch like this, dancing and clapping and watching Caillou with Asher.

Is that not the most adorable little profile?

love

at the table

Miriam is starting to spend more time actually sitting and eating in her high chair. Slowly but surely she's starting to like table food. She's had the drinking water from the sippy cup down for awhile now though. It makes her look so big.

yesterday and today

A lot of our life is spent hanging out together in the living room. Miriam loves walking along all the various furniture around the room. And occasionally getting into trouble by pulling out all the tissues from the tissue box!

what? I have a blog? perhaps I should actually post on it, eh? I'll get around to it soon. Promise.

happy mother's day to my mama

Isn't my mom hot? This was taken when she was in college. Before she was a mother. I'm sure that the girl she was then probably didn't dream she'd end up with five kids. She probably didn't know what a wonderful mother she would be to us. She probably didn't realize all she was capable of doing and being. I'm so grateful for this girl and the mother she became. So grateful for the mother she taught me to be.

bath time

Miriam took a bath with just Asher for the first time this week. 

They looked so big playing in the water together.

My baby girl is growing up!

The kids were playing on the rug today having a good time with Isaac. Isaac is such a good big brother. He really is so sweet with Asher and Miriam. And they just love him too. Isaac will often walk around the house with Miriam-- her favorite thing. And Asher just adores playing with his big brother. They are lucky to have each other.

I snapped this pic of Miriam and it is now one of my favorites of her. Such a sweet smile this girl has.

My parents came to visit finally. Due to house selling and moving and such, we hadn't seen them since Christmas. The longest they had ever gone without seeing the little ones. By the time they left, Miriam was actually letting my mom hold her for long stretches of time. Big improvement!

I actually think that Asher bears a strong resemblance to my dad and Miriam looks a lot like my mom. Kinda funny how genetics work. 

You can see their matching eye color.