While visiting my parents in Florida over the holidays we had a professional photographer come to the house and photograph the family. Here is one of my favorite photos of Adelais, more photos from the shoot will follow of the next week or two.

On another note, Adelais is now standing - on Wednesday she crawled over to a low table, grabbed on and stood up. Since then she has been doing it non-stop, even at times letting go for a second to begin finding her own balance. It is so amazing to watch each step develop - I wish she wasn't blazing through each step so quickly... she's going to be walking in no time...

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Extra Happy!

We are so lucky that Adelais is such a happy baby. : )

Clap, Clap!

On Thursday, or Friday Adelais was standing on her knees (albeit somewhat wobbly) and began banging her hands together. After 3 or 4 times she started making noise and was clapping. At this success she started to smile so big I couldn't help but laugh. Now, it seems all the time, she loves to clap and will even respond when you clap. It is really great!

Giving Bessie a ribbon

The New Year Crawl

From Dec 31 through Jan 7th we were down in Florida visiting my family (Mom & Dad, Sister & kids, and Grandma) and had a great time despite the weather (coldest weather in 5 years!). For Adelais it was a momentus occasion - she began to crawl. Before we left she was taking some small single steps, but by the time we got back to DC she was cruising arond with no problem. It was great to watch her get better and better at it each day and I was really excited that my family got to watch it happen! First thing I did when I got home (with help from Andrea's Dad), even before unpacking, was to put the baby gate at the top of the stairs - She is unstoppable now!

The picture is Adelais with her cousin Dakota.