Dr. visit

Hope went to her 1 year check up.  She is now 32 inches (99th percentile),and weighs 23.9 pounds (84th percentile).  Her weight has slowed down which is good for me.  The crawling and walking has really helped.  She finally cut her second top tooth.  The other one has been in for months and I was getting a little concerned.  She is advanced in her speech. She is already putting 2 and 3 words together.  Baby's grow to fast, if you ask me.

The nurse gave Hope a succor before they gave her the shots.  Hope only cried for about 10 seconds, noticed that she still had the succor and stopped.  She finished the succor on the ride home and fell asleep.

Getting organized

I got this great idea from a friend.  I no longer hear...."Mom, where's the, or we don't have any..."
It is all right there in front of you in it's own little pocket.

And she's off

Hope has been walking on her own for about the last week.  She stood up next to me one day and just took off.  I knew that she could do it, it was just being brave enough.  She had been walking from one person to another for quite awhile now.  She was up to 14 steps!!!
She still prefers crawling because it is much faster.

Pine wood durby

This is a little late. But this is what happens when you have two cameras and forget to down load pictures from both.

Ethan made a great car this year.  He drew a picture of how he wanted it to look and the helped loren carve it out and sand it down.  They did a fun paint job- now to see if the wheels stay on.
The races are quick now that the track is digital and keeps track of every cars speed.  The boys don't have to race everyone..anymore.  The cars race 3 heats and the computer keeps the best time which is then displayed on a digital board for all to see what place you are in.

No, Ethan didn't win.  He did have a fun time at the race and building his car with his dad. And that is what matters.

Loren checked the speeds of the 1st and last place car.  There was only 1/2 second difference, wow!!!