Letter to Noa Month- Almost 14

Dear Noa, In a few days you'll be turning 14 months, and it appears you're ready to make some major milestones. Although you've been "walking" while holding fingers for a few months now, you haven't been ready to venture out on your own. But this weekend, you took 3 solid steps between papa and mama.. and I imagine more are soon to come. (Although as soon as you realized you were doing it on your own you sat down. Your fearlessness only goes so far.) You're also trying to talk more. You seem to want to talk the most when no one is looking, but lately you've been trying more to imitate what we say. Just yesterday, papa had you saying open.. with a big emphasis on the O. O-pen. Second Thanksgiving under your belt and I cheated again. We went out to eat. I'll try to cook next year. I do love to cook, but for some reason I've been terribly daunted the past two years. Last year you slept thru your Thanksgiving meal. This year, we went with Grandma & Grandpa Montana and Carey, Craig and Caleigh to dinner. You were pretty excited to see Caleigh.. but Caleigh was more interested in eating than you were. We finally were able to get you to eat the roasted beets and apples, but no potatoes, turkey, or stuffing. (And of course cheese. You and Sena are seriously helping the dairy industry two-handedly.) We are getting really excited to be taking you to Asheville for Christmas, but also trying to come up with really clever toys that you'll find interesting for longer than 2 minutes. Thus far, electronics are occasionally a hit, or whatever your sister has. We know better than to think you might sleep. We love you honey. love, mama