Myah Michelle: My First Christmas

Myah had a great first Christmas. She received a pink puppy dog that said "My First Christmas" on its belly, a set of play keys, a toy cell phone with buttons that was actually supposed to be her sister's but Myah liked it so much we deemed it hers, and some soft dolls - which are good, because when she holds anything solid/hard, it usually ends up bonking her in the head at some point and then she cries.

For about two weeks now, her favorite activity has been standing (with help). You try and sit her down, she locks her knees to stand. She makes that "rolling your Rs - Spanish language" sound when you hold her by her little hands so that she can practice standing. That sound is her way of saying she's happy - kind of like a purr on a cat. :-) Her other prominent sound is what WE call "clucking." It's a little clicking/clucking sound that we all learned to make early on by moving our tongue against the roof of your mouth (go ahead try it - you know you want to). Between the clucking and the purring you definately know that The Papaya is around and happy.

Right around the time she started standing (with help) she also became mobile by "crawling". She doesn't do a conventional crawl - it's more of an army crawl / roll / drag my body forward with both arms kind of mish-mosh movement. She is very proud of herself. Usually when she moves, it's to get next to Mommy's feet so that Mommy will pick her up. She's also in that stage right now where if you leave the room she thinks it's forever and cries. And she likes to be held a lot. I may be able to blame that on her teeth hurting. We've used a lot of teething gel over the last weeks on one tooth in particular.

She's got her two bottom teeth (see blog entry about no more nursing) and her third tooth? You think it would be one of her top middle teeth - right? Oh, no. Not my baby. She's getting her top left CANINE tooth in (also called a vampire tooth in 'darker' circles). It looks so cute/funny.

I haven't made an entry here in the last month, so now I will included pictures and video of her in the last month.

Sister Loving On Myah