This is Not a Still Life

Walking

Well, we have waited a long time we can now say all our children can take multiple steps - so they are walking. It was not as I imagined it would be, though in retrospect it makes sense. As the days pass the percentage of time the kids spend walking vs crawling increases. So it is not a all or nothing process. They all crawl faster than they walk so when the feel the need for speed, they crawl. Darcy was the first to do so and she is gaining sturdiness but as I call it she still walks like Frankenstein. Cooper and his slim legs are up and about a lot. He is great pushing the "Little Tikes" stroller apparatus. He pretty much has his whole body at an angle running forward. Bryce is the last of our children to walk. It seems this may be related to her ultra flexible joints. She has her legs going in all directions. Bryce still like to be the joker and loves attention. When we encourage Cooper or Darcy for their excellent walking she can be at the other end of the room, and when she recognizes the praise. She will then stand up, all quads like a power lifter, smile and give herself claps while nodding at you and almost wink.

The kids are talking a lot more. They like to repeat words that are said. Cooper loves balls and his favorite word is "ball" after of course "dada". Cooper also says, "yeah" in squeaky high voice when he gets excited. Darcy loves saying "baby". Bryce does not yet have a favorite word I have identified. She likes making animal noises, life "woof wooof" for a dog and " eekekk" for a monkey.

Our kids have quirks. Cooper loves plants. He fights hard to get to the soil at the base of the plants we have cordoned off,(so that he can't get to them and like a crane remove piles of dirt on to the floor). Cooper loves his stuffed cows, and loves sucking on the ears. I call it Cooper's cow "crack" - he is super addicted. The blue cow's head is discolored from the amount of drool Cooper produces while sucking. Despite washing the cow over and over it does not come completely clean and does not slow down Cooper's love for the ears. Cooper loves Cheerios and cheese. When given a variety of small foods, Cooper carefully selects out the small round "o" Cheerios before eating anything else.