Happy Thanksgiving!

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First word...I guess

Malia has been saying Mama, Dada, and baba for a couple of months with the appropriate person/object. On Saturday she added the word cat to her vocabulary. She says in a whisper c-t everytime she sees an animal. The first time she said it she was pointing to our cat on the other side of the sliding glass door. Since that time she has said it when she has seen all of the below: my brother's dog, my parent's dog, a picture of a dog in her favorite book, a bird, and a duck in one of her books. I am trying to teach her dog, but for now she is content to call all animals c-t, she will learn soon enough, for now c-t is pretty darn cute.

A week of firsts

I am writing...Malia is sleeping the flu away

One of the most rewarding things for me as a Mom has been to watch Malia do things for the first time. Now I know that my love for her blinds me to the fact that some of these firsts aren't so spectacular to everyone else...but I am still going to share them because they are milestones for me. The unspectacular first for this week is Malia's first bout with the stomach flu. Malia is so sick and I of course have a milder version of whatever she has. It is very challenging to clean up vomit when you are feeling nauseous yourself, but I am learning the truth in the statement "mom's aren't allowed to get sick." After a few vomiting sessions I got smart and put a towel in Malia's crib. Malia seems to be feeling better today so hopefully we are done with this nasty bug...but I thought she was better yesterday until about 3 when the vomiting started again. My poor baby, it is no fun to be sick!

The spectacular first of the week is walking! She will walk 3 or 4 feet all by herself to get to us. I haven't been able to catch it on video, but as soon as I do I will post a video of the wobbly walker. It is amazing for me to think about all of the "firsts" that babies experience in their first year and how well they adjust to all of the new experiences. Only God could have designed us to grow so quickly and adjust to so many different variables.