I waste a lot of time every day. Scanning facebook, reading the news online, catching up on trashy reality shows, and yet I for some reason haven't had time to keep this updated. Until I woke up last night in the same panic that caused me to start this almost a year ago, that so much is happening in Sarah's life that is not being documented and though I clearly remember it now, who knows how much I'll remember in 10 years and 10 kids later (ok, hopefully that second is not true).
So how is blogging like a diet? If you're on a diet, and then you eat poorly for lunch one day, you just keep eating poorly because you feel you've already fallen off the wagon, so why bother starting eating healthy now. I figured I was so far behind on this that why bother starting to write again, it just wasn't worth it at this point. Until I realized that every day Sarah continues to do new and amazing things. And though I'm sure I've missed some minute details that won't be reported here, that doesn't mean that she won't continue to amaze me. And actually the older she gets the more adorable things that she does. If I tried to summarize everything that she's done in the past 5 months it would be a ridiculous post (and though I know only a few people read this, I'm thinking of myself reading this in the future). So I guess I start with where she is now, and as it is spring break and hopefully I'll have some time this week, maybe I'll try to go back and find some cute pictures and update on the past. Or, like a diet I can't fix the past, but I can keep up with the future.
So where are we now. Sarah has 12 teeth (four on top, four on bottom, though her bottom right one outside the middle just came in even after four molars). She understands almost everything I ask her to do, but her spoken language is still limited to "doggie", "ah dee" (all done), "baaa" (baby) "ouf" (out) "uh oh", and "choof" (shoe). She still loves to play peek-a-boo (it can entertain us in the car, that mirror that allows me to see her was a fabulous purchase!) though pointing out body parts is a fun game too (so far we're up to head (which was first), nose, ear, eye, toes, and tummy, complete with lifting up her shirt).
Though the last post I had was her first steps on her birthday, she started walking for real on Thanksgiving. For months she was good at toddling around holding on to just my one finger, so when she decided it was time to walk she took off and hasn't stopped since. She now not only walks, but runs, climbs ladders, crawls up and down stairs (though recently she has taken to wanting to walk down stairs, which makes me exceptionally nervous). She still LOVES playing with the dogs, and asks for them first thing in the morning (after greeting us with throwing her bunny out of her crib with a big "uh oh").
So much more has happened I'm sure, but this seems long enough for now! Sarah, I'm sorry I haven't kept up with this. I PROMISE to be better this spring... or at least if I fall off the wagon I promise to try to get back on.
