Milestones: Willa's and Mine

Willa is learning to crawl! She started by doing what I call "the plank" and now also gets up on her hands and knees and just hangs out. She wobbles a little bit on them like she is considering moving, but has yet to do so. She did her first army style crawl yesterday. And she got herself up into a sitting position yesterday as well!


She can get around quite well already by rolling and scooting, especially backward. In fact, the other day we were all playing in the basement when I ran upstairs to get something. When I returned I panicked because I couldn't immediately see Willa. She wasn't anywhere near where she had been sitting playing. I asked Jia, "Where is Willa?" Jia said, "Under the couch." And so she was.


After I arrived Willa thought it would be a good thing to try to hide completely under the couch.


Jia later thought she needed to do that too. With her banana.


We were eating the other day and I went into the kitchen. Willa started to fuss and I heard Jia say, "It's okay, Willa. Mama always comes back." I'm just astounded by how sweet she is to her! She takes her big sister role very seriously. In fact, I recently heard Jia remark, "I can do it! I'm a big sister now!"

Tonight Jia kept running around Willa and both girls were shrieking with laughter. It was simply wonderful.

Here's another of Jia with our cat Harry - just because it's so cute.


I had to laugh because a good friend just said, "It's your birthday next Tuesday. You turn 35." Yep. I had sort of forgotten. I did tell Joe earlier about a metal water bottle I wanted for my birthday (how boring is THAT?) but then I forgot about my birthday, and I forgot my age. But that is what friends are for, right? This same friend just treated me to an awesome outdoor zydeco concert though. It was the first time I'd been truly "out out" in over two years. Nice!