7 months!

Niana will be 7 months tomorrow (Feb. 24th). She is crawling around like crazy, so I don't have time to even catch her on video (she's that fast!). She is able to pull up on the furniture and has a few bumps and bruises from smacking her head into the coffee table at daycare. She is giving mommy & daddy kisses and hugs, which we both love-- but she still pushes away to take in the enviornment.

Niana went to her first concert on Thursday night at Butler Church. MBMSI (the Mennonite Brethern Missions Organization) was putting on a concert and had a speaker. It truly touched the Holmans' hearts, Niana even had her AMENS to add. She did not like the loud music, so we ended up hanging out in the foyer with some HS students!

Now she is missing her daddy, who is at High School Winter Camp at Hartland. Maybe he will bring her a snowman!

Visiting friend Evie and playing with ALL her toys! Happy Birthday Evie- 2/24!

Playing at G-Ma & G-Pa's house in the wagon!

Trying to escape the crib.

Niana is Crawling

Over the past month, this little girl has decided it would be fun to try her hand (well, knees) at crawling. She couldn't quite get her knees up behind her at first and had the arm strength, so she crawled (pushed) backwards. Now she has put 2 and 2 together and has figured out how to get what she wants. She is by no means crawling around the house, but if a toy is not in reach, she will go get it. She has mastered rolling back and forth, getting up to a sitting posistion and is currently working on standing. It is quite funny to watch her move around. We can tell that she would rather just walk, but since her little legs aren't quite strong enough, she has to settle for crawling. Here is some video of her attemps at crawling over the past month. Thanks for checking in on us. (Oh and she just copied patty-cake yesterday- which she seems to be very proud of!)

Scooting Backwards on 1/15/08:

Crawling a little, then clapping- 2/10/08