Mar 23 2009
Do the Sasha two-step
We are quickly approaching Sasha’s one-year birthday, which is the most insane thing that I can think of. I feel like she just got here, but she is quickly turning into a sweet little girl, as opposed to a cute alien blob thing that we love a lot. She is most definitely on the move and can crawl almost as fast and I can walk behind her. Occasionally, she’ll be sitting there playing with something and then suddenly decide that it is time to go somewhere else, and, with an excited yell and a could of dust, takes off down the hall as fast as she can. It is super-cute (but then, anything your own child does is super-cute, with a few exceptions).
Anyway, her development continues at an alarming rate. Her latest tricks are as follows:
- She loves clapping, and will do it any time she remembers that she can
- She now has two teeth, and we think more are very close behind
- She will wave bye-bye after a few minutes of pre-processing that we’re telling her to wave bye-bye
- She furniture-walks like a pro and can traverse most of the living room on foot by going from furniture to furniture
- When she’s not distracted, she can stand on her own for quite some time, but it is usually short-lived because she almost always sees something on the floor that she wants in her mouth and sits down to go after it.
- She loves to feed herself and will eat almost anything, even the foods she doesn’t like, if she can feed it to herself.
- She also wants to eat absolutely everything that Rachel and I are eating, whether she’s hungry or not, and she makes a big stink about it too. She’s very expressive.
- And, finally, the pieste de resististance, SHE TOOK TWO STEPS ON HER OWN YESTERDAY!!
That’s right, she took her first steps on her own yesterday and both Rachel and I were there to see it. It was pretty incredible, actually, and we were all really excited about it. The sad thing is that we couldn’t reproduce it, and, in fact, can’t even get her to stand up since then. But, she’s going to walk any time now. She’s so close and is realizing that it is a lot faster and easier to be on foot than crawling. We’re excited about it, though most people tell us that we shouldn’t be.
Fatherhood continues to be an amazing and fulfilling experience. I want to be around her all the time and cherish every second I get to spend with her. I know, I’m screwed. She’ll be able to get me to do anything she wants me to when she gets older. Oh well, as long as I admit to it now, it’ll be fine. 
