Brance, Lauren & Haddie

Normally I would go to work today, regardless of the holiday. I usually don’t take holidays off unless their big ones, like Christmas. This morning though it was snowing so I decided to “work” from home today and spend some time with my girls.

I took a couple pictures of the snow. Then a little later I noticed Haddie playing with her doll. This is kind of new. Up till now toys were nothing more than chew things. Recently though, she’s starting to notice things for themselves and really play with her toys. I thought it was so cute to see her picking the doll up and looking at it from different angles, that I had to grab the camera and take a picture. The doll eventually ended up in her mouth, but it was cute for a couple minutes.

In addition to playing with her toys, another fairly new development is standing. She’s been standing while holding on to things for quite a while. A month ago I noticed she would sometimes let go of whatever she was holding onto, in order to fix her pacifier or something. As soon as she realized she was free-standing, she would fall. In the last week or so she’s begun to free-stand constantly, and grin about it.

Isn’t she adorable?