Sunday, September 16, 2007




A couple of weeks have gone by since I last posted. Life with a toddler is definitely BUSY. She is into everything and boy is she fast. Although she has begun to walk, seven to eight steps at a time. When she wants to get somewhere fast, her crawl goes into high gear. She loves dumping over the dog's water dish.

Marley now has a mouth full of teeth. It seems as though it was just yesterday when we only had two bottom teeth and a molar. Now we have both upper molars, 4 front upper teeth, two bottom molars and two front bottom teeth. They all seemed to come in one after another. Needless to say she is biting everyone and everything. Teaching her to not bite has become a challenge for Jay and I.

She started a toddler play group last week. She seems to enjoy it. She receives her therapy during group since there are only 3 children right now. It's a start.

Marley has finally learned to sign "mommy" and "all done". I think she has about 6 or 7 signs in her repertoire. Jay and I are excited because she can communicate with us other than grabbing. I would say in terms of receptive language (comprehension) she is bilingual. She responds to both English and French.

We are anticipating our trip to Austin to see Great Grandma and Grandpa, as well as new cousin Wills. We also look forward to seeing Grandma, Aunties, Uncles, and cousins. Perhaps we'll even see McKenna, Darah, and Connor. Then we're off to Chicago to see Marley's other Grandma and Grandpa.

1 comment:

Bethany said...

I miss you guys! You need to check in more often on Downsyn girl! Marley is adorable as ever, of course! I thought you were moving to TX? Are you still in Hawaii? If so, I'm coming to visit! LOL