Maren has started talking (smart kid!). Okay, mostly she says things like, "ah-goo," and generally she talks to the Girl in the Mirror who lives on her beloved play mat, but she's awfully fun to listen to. Most mornings she wakes up around 6:00am, eats, and then lays on the play mat for about an hour, chatting up a storm. She tells the Girl in the Mirror all about her day (they have a lot in common, she and this girl). To her great joy, the Girl in the Mirror is there every single morning! What a deal. She loves talking to other people best, however. We get wonderful smiles and giggles from her these days and we've tried to catch some of them on video. (For some reason, I can't get the video to behave very well, so it's at the bottom of this post.)
She's also starting to bat at the stuffed bees that hang above the mat. It takes some serious concentration, but she can really make those bees fly. Every time she does, she lets out a great squeal. Go, bees, go!
