We spent the weekend up north. Lots of relaxation, yummy meals prepared by Kathy, and even a few walks outside in the most beautiful, freshly fallen snow. Marley loves her toboggan rides at the cabin. She loves wearing her sunglasses outside, and totally understands that they help keep her from squinting in the glare of the snow! And she looks oh so fab in them! My precious little girl...
We retreated inside to warm up from our walk, stripped Marley out of her snow gear, and I proceeded to ask Kathy how I should go about getting the stains out of Marley's white slippers that I let her tromp around outside in. That's when it happened........my near heart-attack. I heard thud-thud-thud.............panic. The stairs are only 8 short steps away from the front door and I didn't check to make sure the gate was up (it wasn't). I heard the noise and turned the corner just in time to see my baby girl crashing down the last step on to the first landing. The stairs are carpeted, THANK GOD!! I don't even know how I got to the bottom of the staircase, but I scooped her up and smothered her with kisses. I think I went into shock...I was shaking and tears welled up in my eyes. And within a minute, my tough little girl was walking around, carrying on as if the fall did not happen. Seriously. I examined her for bumps and bruises, and aside from a little bruise on her forehead and another on her foot, she was fine. I kept asking her if she was ok..........which of course she was. Just a moment later, she turned to scale the stairs back up. Now, if I had just fallen down a flight of stairs I would have been scared to death of them. Just my first lesson as to the resiliency and strength of our little ones, I'm sure. But scary none-the-less.
Here are some photos of all the happy moments from the weekend (aside from the fall)...Travis has been working 18 hour days lately (or so it seems) and Marley enjoyed the un-interrupted cuddle time with Daddy this weekend. She loves him so and I LOVE that!
Miss Marley Jean is 14 months old.
She has (almost) 8 teeth!
She can say dada, mama, Sasha, puppy, hi, bye-bye, what's that, and baba.
She's funny and sassy and silly and curious...I can see her little mind making connections between things, like her world is starting to make sense.
She still has no hair...
Loves to dance with mommy and this makes me melt!
And she LOVES shoes! Really loves them!
Oh, how I love her with all my heart!
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