Remi & We » active http://www.campmurphy.net/blog Watching Remi grow into whatever she wants to be Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:20:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Climbing Stairs http://www.campmurphy.net/blog/2010/03/01/climbing-stairs/ http://www.campmurphy.net/blog/2010/03/01/climbing-stairs/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:13:00 +0000 Camp http://www.campmurphy.net/blog/?p=340 Remi will be 11 months old on March 6.  She has been climbing stairs for a month but can now do both flights in roughly half a minute.  As she nears the top of the stairs she grunts, “Meow!” which is, of course, Remi-speak for Cat.  Remi’s rendition of the sound “meow” is truncated into a single syllable…so, “Mow”.

We are dog-sitting for a few days and that has been a blast for Remi.  Initially the dog was classified as a “Meow” but in less than one day Anna had Remi calling him “Bow wow”.  We notice mimicry popping up all over.  When I change her diaper I rub an alcohol-based sanitizer into my hands. Remi copies the hand movements.  If she gets a hold of a towel she will initiate a game of “Peek-a-boo” by covering her head and ever-so-slowly exposing her face -all while laughing hysterically.  She is impossibly cute.

She loves art and especially text.  She has 3 pieces of art hanging in her room which she must admire for several minutes before leaving.  We have to move from picture-to-picture so Remi can point, touch and smile at each one.  If I wear a t-shirt with printed text she will awkwardly trace the outlines of each letter.  She traces a lot with her magic index finger.  Following patterns in fabric or the corners of a room.  She is a very aware little person.

These are some pics we took as she climbed the stairs today. She was ready for a nap so she got a little moody toward the end.  The climb goes a long way toward helping her nap easily.

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