Saturday, January 14, 2006

On your mark. . .get set. . .GO!

Elizabeth is officially walking! She took a few steps shortly after her first birthday, thanks to some coercion from Kellie and her boyfriend Joseph--but try as we might, we couldn't elicit a repeat performance from her in the following days and weeks. Then just this past Sunday Elizabeth surprised us by deciding she could walk after all. . .she just stood up and started toddling around the living room!

Aside from the walking, Elizabeth is learning other new things too--she has a few new words (well, at least *we* call them words--"Zhee" for zebra, "Pbbb" for pig, "Ba" for ball, "Tu" for duck) and a bunch of new signs (bird, elephant, shoes, ball, water, Grandma, bear, up, hurt). It's amazing how quickly they learn and grow at this age! She still loves books--right now her favorite is Where is Coco Going? She likes to dance to any and all music, watch home movies of herself and Poppa's dog Nina, bounce in her crib, give kisses, and try all sorts of new food (broccoli with Parmesan and mandarin oranges are two of her current favorites). Her favorite toy right now is probably the cardboard box from Daddy's new tool chest:

Mom cut some doors and windows in it so Elizabeth can crawl in and out, open and shut the flaps, and play Peekaboo with us. . .She thinks it's especially hilarious when Daddy climbs in there to try and hide!

2 comments:

momila said...

I find it amazing that babies will always choose the box the toy came in over the toy itself....and if you don't think Jared's tool chest isn't his current favorite "toy", then man, you do not know Jared!

Team Oakeson said...

We'd like to make sure we're on the record as the CHAMP gift-buyers that gave her "Where is Coco going?" We're glad to see that she ALREADY has developed the Epperson sense of humor.

We LOVE our (well, your) ELIZABETH!!!!!!!