Easter

I went a little crazy with the pictures here so I won't even try to caption them all. We had a really nice Easter! It started with church where Tamsin and Evaleigh both made it through the entire service! Then we had dinner at Mom's with all of the family and had an Easter egg hunt for the babies. It's so fun having Leah and Joel and Evaleigh here! After all of the pictures there is a video of Tamsin demonstrating what a sheep says. She doesn't quite have the "Buh" sound incorporated yet.

Tamsin's Current Events

Ever since she could crawl, I would play "I'm gonna get you!" with her when she was crawling away. She always giggled when I picked her up. Recently, she started turning around and running towards me when I went to get her. Now she doesn't even wait for me to chase her. She walks away, then she'll suddenly turn and run as fast as she can straight towards me. I have to pick her up and say, "Gotcha, gotcha" and then she wiggles free and runs off again.

She already used the potty a few times! I think it was by accident during the week, but on the weekend I put her on it as soon as she got up and she went right away! It's still too soon for serious potty training, but she's definitely on the right track!

One of her favorite things now is to put things in other things and carry them around. Here are some good ones of her walking:

(Sorry they're sideways; I guess I can't hold the camera that way for videos like I do for pictures.)

While I was writing this, Tamsin decided to empty her bookshelf. Here's a picture of her with the bookshelf in the background before, and some pictures of her sitting in a giant pile of books!

Tamsin buys a potty

We went shopping for a potty today. Here's Tamsin checking it out.

Tamsin and the Laundry Basket

Tamsin was having fun tonight pushing some toys around in the laundry basket. By the time I took this, she had already pushed it down the hall to the kitchen and then back again. She's doing so well with walking now! You'll see a little of it here.

Our little toddler

Tamsin turned 1! I posted a bunch of the pictures on facebook (though not all of them) so I won't repeat them here. Her party was a whole lot of fun, and she really seemed to enjoy it. I was worried that all the people would be overwhelming. It was for a maybe a minute, then the twins came in and she got excited. She did more walking on her own that day then ever before and ever since she's getting more and more steady on her feet every day. She's officially a toddler! I'll get a video of her walking soon.

Here's a video from tonight. She was eating very sharp white cheddar cheese, demonstrating again that this is a girl who likes her food to have flavor!

One more snapshot addition

Ok, last snapshot posting and then I'm done for the weekend. Tamsin is learning so much, and even though she still only says "Mama," and isn't really into signing, she clearly understands a whole lot of what we say. She knows hug and kiss, and will crawl across the room to give me a hug when I ask her to. She'll even hug and kiss her stuffed animals. She also knows eyes, nose and mouth. This morning we told her to find Mommy's nose and she grabbed mine, then told her to find Daddy's nose and she grabbed Mike's. He'd really like her to start saying Dada, but at least she knows who he is! She's such a smart, sweet and affectionate little girl. We are very lucky!

One More Thing...

Something else to add - Ever since she started crawling, Tamsin would just suddenly lunge head first for the edge of the bed if she wanted to get down. Mike's been trying to teach her to turn around and go feet first, and she got it! Today especially, she's been getting really good at it. Here's a video from tonight. It's not her best since she kind of slides off sideways in this one, but you can see that she has the right idea!