It has been a long time

I didn't realize it has been six months since I've posted anything. I'm not to good at blogging!!

Bean has grown and changed a lot in the last six months. She has learned to crawl, walk, and climb! She has gone from a baby carrier to a big girl car seat . She has learned to say "Da Da", "Uh Oh", "O's (when she wants Cheerios)"Ma Ma" (says it very rarely but I've heard it!!). She is so much fun! Everyday she is surprising us with something new.

For the last two weeks Bean has been enrolled in daddy daycare and we have seen her learn so much. Mike is a wonderful teacher and he is so good at giving her his undivided attention. This past week she has tried to say "blue" and "turtle", which comes out sounding like "tutle". We are working on animal noises and Cow and monkey seem to be here favorite. Thanks to daycare she has learned to sign "more" when she wants more food and for the past two weeks we have been working on getting her to sign for "milk", "juice" and "please". I can tell she gets frustrated b/c she cannot tell us what she wants so we are hoping that learning to sign will help.

Taking Bean outside now is so different from the fall because she can walk and explore everything. We even got a bubble maker which was a huge hit. Mike took her to the park a lot when he was home with her and she loved it. She climbed right up the four stairs to the slide and had no fear! I cannot wait for summer and we can try lots of new things, especially the zoo! We were there a lot last year, but now she is at an age where I think she will really enjoy it.

I should probably go spend some quality time with my Mike. Here are some pictures of Bean the climber and playing outside.

We turn our head for a second and look who climbed the step ladder.

Our neighbor B.J. has a little dog and Bean loves to go to her front door and look for the dog!