So I'm still about three months behind on adding pictures of Inara and I think I will need to put it off a little longer yet. I have just finished my first quilt (pictures to come soon as well) for Don's Grandma's 80th Birthday and now I need to make Inara's stocking! We bought her a last minute stocking last year when she came BEFORE Christmas ten days early, but I found some fabric and would like to make the style of all our stockings match (except for the dogs stockings and yes they do have stockings!).

In the middle of our -8 degree weather this week, Inara seems to be changing in leaps and bounds! Over the last few weeks, she is finally crawling more and more on her knees instead of her standby army crawling. When she wants to get away (when I tell her not to do something) or chase after something quickly, she resorts to the army crawling.

She also has become so much more interactive and aware of her surroundings. Over the last month, she finally took an interest in solid foods. Anytime I would sit down to eat, she would reach for my food and make this sound over and over (uh, uh, uh). It's a bit higher pitched and that has become "I want, I want, I want". It's cute, but sometimes if she doesn't get what she wants right away, the uh, uh, uhs become UUUUHHH, UUUHHH, UHHHH!!!! Give it to me now! I usually give in...

She still enjoys standing up and pulling up on just about anything she can. Today, she even took a few precarious steps toward me holding my hands. And she is laughing a lot more. She is serious most of the time, but it's getting easier to play with her and have her play little games with us back!

Last but not least, and this is going to seem ridiculous to some and maybe great to other moms with stronger stomachs, but Inara now has big girl poopies! No more messy cloth diapers! It was like an overnight change!

Well, I think that is all for now! We are having a small family birthday for her this year so I will have more to post them. Man, where did this year go?