We just got back from a trip to Oklahoma to see Grandma Kincade. Here's some various pics of us goofing around and having fun.

Frankie now can eat with a spoon, walk, almost jump, and has a few new words. She likes to pretend that she's jumping up in the air and then falls on the floor. Some of her new words are "baloney", "hot dog", "help", "up", "bubble", "elmo", "hat", "hot", "wipe", and a few others we are forgetting now.

Frankie is now walking all over the place. She still crawls a little but walking is definitely now her preferred method of getting from point a to point b. We are also enjoying that Frankie and Christian can now play together for short periods of time. This usually consists of Christian playing some imaginary game and Frankie watching.

We went to the Little Gym open house last night and here are some pics from that event.

Frankie is now walking! This was taken a few days ago, probably 9-21 or 9-22.

Just a few recent pics of Frankie. She's been having lots of ear infections lately. We're hoping to figure out what the deal is with that soon. She is talking just a little, words like dada, mama, bubba (brother), nana (banana) and she'll say "uh-uh" for no. She seems to understand a lot more than that though. I will ask "do you want to take your nap?" and she'll say "uh-uh".

So tomorrow is Laura's birthday, which was the over/under for everyone wondering whether or not Frankie would be walking by then. And, although she is pulling up a lot, she is not walking yet. She will even stand on her own for a little bit but no walking so far. That doesn't keep her from getting around though.

She has a few words, hi, mimi (which is "pacifier" in our household, don't ask me why), baby, mama, dada, and that's about it. She also signs water, milk, and more.

The above pics are when we went to visit some friends while they were camping. We didn't camp that day but we did enjoy some fun in the sun, and Frankie obviously isn't scared of dirt.

A few new pics of Frankie. Some of these were taken by Christian.

I got a birthday card from Christian that when you open it, sings Kiss' "I wanna rock and roll all night". Frankie has been playing with the card a lot. She will open it and then bob her head and smile while the music plays. Kind of funny how 30 years ago that was rebellious music and now my baby is dancing to it. I wonder what she will be rebelling to? I don't want to know.

She's not walking yet but is totally pulling up and she even uses a little walking toy that kind of acts like a walker. She's also quite the little stair climber. No words yet but when she drops something she tries to say "uh oh" like mom and dad.

Grandma Kincade visited a couple weeks ago and spoiled them with ice cream, as you'll see above. I tried to take Frankie's ice cream back because it was so messy but she made such a fuss I had to give it back. You try taking ice cream from a crying baby.

A few pics and a video from Frankie's first birthday. She actually barely ate any cake, and mostly just smashed it up and threw it everywhere. We bought a separate cake just for Frankie so that she could smash it up and we could still eat some cake.

Christian and Laura decorated the house. Christian really had a good time picking out the balloons and the decorations. It was a nice small party with pizza and cake. Her cousin Jamie and Laura's friend Katie came over for the festivities.

Frankie is now scooting all over the place. Not quite crawling yet, but, she's found a way to get around. She is at that spot now where we put her down on the floor and she ends up somewhere else before we even notice it.

It's especially nice to have this celebration in our new home. We've only been here about a month. It seems unreal that it was a whole year ago that I was videotaping her shortly after her birth. Everyone says it but it's true, the time really flies.

She weighs 16 pounds, 8 ounces, and is about 27 inches long. She's got two lower teeth and four uppers. She's eating lots of different finger foods and is still breastfeeding too. Laura found a great bottle just today that she seems to really like drinking from, so perhaps dad can feed her a little more now.

Well, it's been forever since we last updated the blog so here are a few photos shortly after our move to our new house. You can tell by the messes on the floor we are still in transition but the kids don't seem to mind.

Frankie is now about 16 pounds or so, and approaching her first birthday. She still isn't crawling and she can't go from laying down to sitting on her own. She is working on both of those, however. We were told that she needs physical therapy so while we figure out how to do that, and how to get it paid for, (insurance won't cover it) we are working with her ourselves. I think she is very close to crawling and will so every day.

We had a very good Easter. We went over to some friends and had a little Easter egg hunt. (Of course, I forgot the camera.) Christian picked up one of the eggs, shook it, didn't hear anything in the egg, and put it back. (I made him keep it and we later found out it had a rubber toy lizard in there.)

The move went well and we are enjoying our new house although we still have a few things to put away. Christian is taking to his new room and I think now he probably likes it better than his old room.

I'll start trying to be a shutterbug again now that we are getting settled-in.