Anything Worth Blogging About: Our Growing Baby

Nolan has changed so much since my last post! I can't believe how fast she's growing and changing.

Probably the most exciting new development for me:

Mama... I know she doesn't know what it means yet and she hasn't said it much since this video was taken, about a week ago, but it really is the greatest sound I've ever heard, and I know she will say it and mean it soon!

...and then she was mobile:

She's been determined to get moving for awhile now. For a few weeks she's been able to scootch almost anywhere she wants to go, but she's finally mastered the forward crawl. She seems to be over it already though because she's always preoccupied with trying to pull up and stand. I have a feeling it won't be long before she'll be cruising and then walking. we are almost done baby proofing our house, I think. I guess our next task will be to baby proof the grandparents' houses!

Now that she's mobile she doesn't go to sleep as easily as she used to. She likes to climb around in her crib for 30 minutes or so before she falls asleep. She'll move around until she literally passes out from exhaustion. I was watching her on the monitor the other day, and I saw her fall asleep sitting up. She just fell over and continued sleeping.

You hear people say all the time how sad they are that their baby is no longer a baby, but I kind of feel the opposite. I am so excited for her future! I can't wait for her to start school and make friends, join extra curricular activities, learn how to cook with me, take dance lessons... the list goes on. Maybe I'll change my mind when she learns how to talk back and have her own opinion that doesn't match mine, but right now I'm excited to see who she becomes.