leaps and bounds

I know it has been over a month since my last post, and what an incredible month it has been. Phoebe has done so much. She finally got her first teeth--first one on June 11, and while they are supposed to come in pairs, the second tooth (both front teeth on the bottom) didn't break through until June 21. In my last post I said she could pull up to standing in her crib, but that was only if I sat her in her crib, then she would pull up on the side, but shortly after that, she figured out how to sit herself up and pull herself to standing. So when she wakes up in her crib, she immediately sits herself up and then stands at the end near her door; and if her door is not shut tight, she will grab onto it and open and close it. She does not walk, yet, but she does like to stand up and walk holding onto hands. She walks herself along furniture and can go between pieces of furniture. And on June 25, she began crawling. I will try to include a video of this--I have new videos, but they are also on a new camera, so I have to figure out the new software for the camera and get the pictures and videos downloaded. Phoebe also went swimming--she has gone twice with Brett. I wasn't there for the first time, but I did get to capture the second time and have some pictures and video of that. Anyway, the crawling is interesting. I guess all babies have their own kind of crawl. Phoebe's is definitely odd, but it gets her around. More than just clapping her hands, she likes listening to her wiggleworms songs and following the instructions. She will stomp her feet, clap her hands, and wave hello. Sometimes she tries the "touch your nose" verse, but she is too slow. She recognizes many words--like ball, bottle, and fish (if you ask her where her fish are in her bedroom, she looks at her wall at the top of the tree). She says mama and dada to the right people, and her favorite word this week is uh-oh! She definitely learned that one from Sydney. It is funny. So she has been amazing to watch. How fast she changes and grows! I can't believe we are almost upon her first birthday. I know, I know--it all goes fast.