Mariel's First Steps!

Mariel took her first steps last night, April 13th, and it was all thanks to the new froggie that her cousin Madelyn sent! Thanks Madelyn!!!
Here's the story to go with it...
Mariel's new babysitter, Erin, said that she got Mariel to take a few steps on the 12th. So last night we tried it by having her try and walk to her new toy frog. She LOVES it, and so we dangled it in front of her. She took nearly 7 or 8 good steps! So we got out the camera, and let her take break. Then she did again, only about 4 or 5 steps. She started rubbing her eyes, and it was getting late.

We had her standing by the recliner, and she managed to wander over to the other side of the nightstand, and BOOM! She fell and bonked her forehead against the table. Thank goodness it didn't hit the corner, but she has a nice little bruise on her forehead. Eric handled it better than I did... but we put some frozen veggies wrapped in a towel, on her forehead. She didn't like that very much, and she cried for awhile. Within a few minutes she was more interested in the frozen veggies, than her head. So she's okay, and the bruise went down a little more today. AGH! What a night! Her first steps, and her first bonk on the noggin! This parenting of a toddler is going to be a rough ride I have a feeling.

Speaking of toddler, we've decided that the definition of "toddler" is when a baby reaches the age that they can express "NO" by shaking their head. Which Mariel has mastered wonderfully. She's even clapping her hands when she's happy, it's so awesome! Yesterday, I could have swore she said "yes" when I asked her if she was ready to go home??? It could have been just me. :)