On July 9, 2008 Irene Hope Iwaszkowiec came in to the world at 11:26pm...a lot changes over a year in the life of a baby. We have loved every minute of it and enjoy waking up every day to spend more time with her.
the big news this month is that she started WALKING! (see video below) over the course of one week (June 25-July1) she got more comfortable, determined, and coordinated. then on July 2nd, everything clicked and she has not stopped motoring around! she loves to walk from toys to books to people back to toys and then the whole thing all over again...she has had a few bonks and bruises but nothing tragic so far.
She is also cutting one of her top teeth...fun fun.
She loves to "read", jabber, and tell us what she likes and doesn't like.
She has started to love holding, playing with, patting, and talking to babies (dolls of all sorts, shapes, sizes, etc).
She now loves ducks. She hated them at Serenbe (at Russ/Kara's) but we think redemption happened at the Peabody on her last night in Memphis. We went to see them swim and do the march. It was a fun night and she really loved those birds.
Thank you to all who have shared in her life this first year. You have made it so special for us to be her parents. We love our expanding family and love sharing pictures, videos, and stories!!!
Check out the new album. We'll post another one soon with pix from today's bday celebration.
