A Miranda Fix

I know that you are surprised that I have written three days in a row. My kids are all sick so we have been confined to our house for the past three days. This gives me plenty of time to blog. I was looking over recent entries and realized that I haven't posted about Miranda for a little while and she is changing so fast! I thought I would try my hand at digital scrapbooking and post a few pages of her. It's definitely nothing fancy but it's my first try! I am also throwing in a few random pictures that I have taken the past week. She is still a great baby. She can crawl up the stairs but hasn't even attempted to come down. I will occasionally catch her at the top of the stairs looking over them and crying because she wants to go down but doesn't know how. I have tried to teach her but she isn't really interested yet. She also isn't really interested in walking - which is fine by me. I have encouraged her a little bit by helping her stand in place but she thinks this is a game where I stand her up and then she falls into my arms -- laughing! We do this over and over -- I stand her, she falls into my arms. Occasionally she will surprise me by standing for a few seconds by herself but then she falls - as though she has played a little trick on me. It is so funny how they develop a sense of humor so early on. Her hair is at that terrible wispy, crazy stage. I really want to take her to get it cut but Len won't let me. I have been able to pull it up in pigtails which are really cute and show off her eyes. It does look kinda funny because her pigtails are so LONG and the rest of her hair is so short - I know this will change soon. She loves it when I shake my head at her - I think she likes how my hair covers my face. She also likes to play with my hair. She will grab a piece and then run her fingers through it - she is usually really soft which also surprises me. She loves to talk. She is always jabbering away about something. Kanyon and Kaydra try to understand her and make up words that they are sure that Miranda is "saying". They will say, "Miranda said, 'I am almost one' " when they catch her holding up one finger and talking.

She loves bath time and loves to watch the water fill up the tub. In fact, last night she cried when I turned off the water because the tub was full. She likes to lay on her back in the water and kick and splash. She's getting quite good at it too. We usually both end up wet when I give her one. I am so glad that she is part of our family and I can't believe that she will be one in only a couple of weeks. She is growing so fast. We love you Mandy! On a completely different note I want to congratulate my sister on her new baby. She had the baby on January 27th. She had a little girl and they named her Dreyken Jade. She was 8lbs 1 oz and you can see more pictures of her at Courtney's blog HERE. We are so glad that she is here safe and sound. Now if only my kids would get better so that we can see her more!