7 months

Miriam is seven months old today. She is growing up so fast. Miriam loves tags on anything. She always finds them. She loves to have her burp cloth to chew on. We think she is going to be a blanket baby. Miriam loves to dance to any music she hears, including the piano at church. She loves playing the piano. She goes crazy banging and dancing all at the same time. She loves to watch So You Think You Can Dance with her Mom. Miriam is learning to repeat sounds we say to her... she is a little chatterbox. This makes us excited for her talk so we will know what she is thinking. She is constantly moving her arms and legs. She uses her whole body to express her excitement. As soon as she learns to roll around and crawl we will be in trouble. She loves to sit and play with her stacking toy. Miriam has learned to clap and spit this week. She also has a little fake cough she uses to get our attention. We think she is just so cute.

More Miriam

New videos of Miriam... enjoy!

First Trip to the Park

We took Miriam to the park last night. It was her first time on the swings. I didn't think she would care too much, but she ended up loving the swings. She thought it was just great. She would flail her arms and legs when we pushed her gently in the swing. She is so expressive with everything she does. Being a parent is so fun.

Mom and Dad got to enjoy a little time on the swings too. We have had some wonderful weather while here in Virginia. The nights are perfect for walks.

Preview

Here are some pictures of Miriam from our family photo shoot. I am excited to look through them all and share more pictures with you soon. I am so excited to have them so quickly. I love digital.

UPDATE: Miriam is famous. She is posted on the photographer's website. Check her out: Amy Berringer Photography

4th of July

On Saturday we went into Washington DC to watch the fireworks with all of Michael's family. Rachel, Shaun, Sarah, Chris, and Nathan flew in to surprise Dad for his 50th birthday. The weather ended up being great; not too hot and humid.

We got Miriam a cute outfit for the Fourth of July.

Happy Birthday Vanessa!

6 months

Miriam is such a big girl. She is now 6 months old. She is growing so big. She weighs about 19 pounds and is about 28 inches long. For the most part she can sit up on her own. I still don't leave her alone because she gets tired and just falls back. She has discovered her tongue and loves to talk/babble. She is quite the noisy little girl, but it keeps us smiling. She has loved having so much attention from Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Liz, and Aunt Becky. She is learning to work the crowd. These past six months have been wonderful. We love being parents and look forward to many more great moments.

Miriam's First Solid Food

Miriam has been patiently waiting to try solid food. For the past month she just stares at us longingly whenever we are eating. She loves to play with a spoon and feel a part of the meal. Last night we finally decided to have her try rice cereal.



Overall it was a huge success. She loved it. She was very good at keeping it down. I think Michael even enjoyed it too.

(By the way, I cut my hair.)