Early Summer Update

July 3, 2004

I'm trying to update the page more frequently. And its summer and everyone is busy doing cute things in good light, so I've got loads of pictures from the last month or so. So here's a selection. Click on the little picture to go to a larger version.

Charlotte figured out the true 4x4 crawling thing at the beginning of June, after more than a month of hitching herself around on her rear end. She got the hang of pulling herself up to a stand at the same time. At first she was very wobbly - she's a very big girl for her age, and she just didn't have the leg muscles to support herself. You could see her little legs shaking under her weight. But with a lot of practice, she's gotten very strong. She can stand for a long time, she often lets go with one hand, and in the last week or so she's been walking while hanging on, cruising from the coffee table to the sofa to the chair.

Will is having a good summer so far as well. In June he finished his third session of swim classes at the Y, and he's made such good progress that he "graduated" from Pike (the beginner class for ages 3-5, for kids starting with no swimming skills at all). For his next swim class, he will be an Eel. He was very excited that his friend Buck graduated as well, so the two of them will be taking a one-week session of classes everyday later in July.

Look who's standing!	Party!	Feeding herself
A family portrait	Will with his new toy	Checking out the baby corn
Some hat, eh?	Messy ice cream boy!	Baby hugs (awwww)
More and more mobile...	Lovely day at the park	Will in the flowers
An attempt at a sibling picture	Just hanging out on the grass	Cruising through the gardens
Sleepy Charlotte	Mommy! I'm hiding!	A new kind of height chart
Windows on the soul?	Hanging at the Market	Rockabye? Ha!
Will and Char together

Created 7/3/04
Return to Main Page