I wish I had a picture (or a video) for . . .

. . . the time earlier today when Carmen was kissing the Waldorf dolls my mom brought this weekend. She was air-kissing them, saying, "Mwah! Mwah!"

. . . Carmen saying "Do-yeeee" (dolly) and "Bye" and "Hi," because she stopped saying them (like all her other little words). When will they come back?

. . . Carmen's first steps (of course, now she has stopped walking . . . she'd prefer to climb or stick her finger in Matt's belly button).

. . . Carmen telling Matt, "Yeah!"

. . . Carmen walking circles around us or holding on to our pant legs and following us as we do our tasks around the house.

. . . Carmen foot hoisted up just about any place she can put it. God have mercy on us and her head when she figures out how to climb the furniture.

. . . Carmen testing me. She does things she doesn't supposed to, like sticks leaves in her mouth, or puts her fingers on the blinds next to the changing table, and then throws a defiant smile my way. I have to try very hard not to laugh.

. . . Carmen brushing her hair with the wrong side of the hairbrush.

. . . Carmen discovering that she can stick her finger up her nose.

. . . C&D's floppy baby-style waving.

. . . C&D scrambling toward the door when I say, "Let's go shopping!"

. . . David's first steps last week.

. . . David's towers, three blocks tall.

. . . the little baby chirps and baaaas that David made a year ago. I miss them.

. . . David "petting" the cat and "playing" with his tail.

. . . David playing catch, and getting so excited to get the ball back that rather than wait for us to throw it, he just chases after it himself.

. . . David playing fetch with himself. It is how he practices crawling and standing.

. . . David's first cruising (sideways, vs. Carmen's straight forward).

. . . David crawling with a peg man. Maybe I can catch a picture of it before he stops.

. . . David with his hands pressed up on the glass door of the washing mashine, watching the clothes go around.

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David has his first cold this week. He is in great spirits, but his nose is very runny. Today he was supposed to have his lacrimal ducts probed, but I'm sure he'dl be happy to know that because of the cold I had to postpone the procedure by a week.