With Her Hand on Her Hip

Something great happened today...

It's happened before...

But never like this...

And never for this long...

With her hand on her hip...

Vada stood.

She stood tall.

And strong.

For almost a minute Vada stood on her own.

And then gracefully she sat back down.

Good job baby girl, good job!

Talking on the Phone

Vada is growing up (she is 20-1/2 months already!) and she is really catching on to new things. She is mimicking others more and she has begun to pretend play. The video is of her pretending to talk on the phone. I love that she does it now. The funny thing is when I pretend to talk on the phone with her, I use my hand and when I do that, she drops her play phone and tries to talk on her hand like me. I'm probably confusing her a little.

Anyway, I realize that to some this video is nothing special. When you have a typical child you often over look some of the smaller accomplishments at least I did. However, I also know that there will be parents who will watch the video and celebrate with me because the understand that progress is progress and that sometimes what seems like small steps to one, can be huge steps for others.

Enjoy.

Busted

Tonight Jasmine had her first board breaking ceremony for Karate.

The first technique she used was the Stomp Kick.

She sliced through that board like butter. It was pretty impressive.

In this video my trusty side kick (Kiliegh) got her big sister eagerly chopping through her second board.



I enjoyed watching Jasmine tonight (really, I always do). You could see the confidence growing within her and it wasn't the child like arrogance that this age seems to bring. It was a girl, my daughter, being good at something that she has worked very hard at.



I am proud of Jasmine and I was full of pride tonight. This was a fun event and I am grateful to my mother in law for coming over to watch Vada so I be at it.

Look at that face! Pure determination!