Fifty-eight weeks now, and I've finally uploaded some pictures. (I've also realized we did not take many pictures during weeks 48-56. Only a third of our usual number.) Baby is getting better at walking with some help. She isn't yet brave enough to take a few steps on her own. She has started to use her 'walker' (see last picture), although she usually ends up crashing into the wall. It's not entirely her fault since it doesn't turn.

As my spring break is approaching, I will be sure to log more precious moments.

Mommy, this is what I think of you trying to take my picture while I am obviously reading!

From Anneli 8

From Anneli 8

Too early for pictures...

From Anneli 8

Practicing for school pictures

From Anneli 8

From Anneli 8

I have not been good about taking pictures lately. I'll try a bit harder this week and weekend. We are now at fifty-six weeks (and some odd days). After celebrating Baby's birthday, she has made some huge leaps and bounds in development (but fortunately, there has been no leaping or bounding yet).

Baby can stand on her own, although she is quick to find a hold as soon as she realizes it. She can also move along a table rather quickly now. Baby practices walking (as she holds both hands), and in the last few days, she has learned to kick a ball as she does. I would very much like her to learn to walk on her own, or at least walk steadily while holding only one hand. This would make my life so much easier, and I'd actually be able to carry things in from the car.

Baby's vocabulary includes four words now (all in Korean): mom, dad, cat, and dog. Unlike some other obsessive and neurotic parents, I am in no rush to push language on her. She will pick it up at her own pace. Of course, I'll keep teaching her names of objects, but I won't repeat it all day until she mimics.

Baby loves vegetable chips. We get a certain type at Giant, which she loves to shove in her mouth, then look up with a "More, please" look. She even holds out her hand. (She gets angry when I say, "No.") She also loves baby cheese doodles (from Gerber). Pretty good, actually.

Pictures to come this weekend.

It has been two weeks since an update, but there is not much to update. Baby is still Baby. She does not seem in any hurry to walk on her own, as she really enjoys being carried. She has outgrown some of her twelve-month clothes. Which reminds me, she had her one-year well check-up two weeks ago. On an empty stomach, she was 21 lbs, head 18 in., chest 17 3/4 in., and 28 in. tall. Still waiting for another growth spurt!

Baby has mastered stair climbing. I am grateful to live in a one-story condo.