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In the past couple of days, Lauren’s really begun to take off in terms of being able to stand and speaking with intent.

Tonight prior to bed she was in Brayton’s room playing with B’s toys. She stood up and took her first steps (at least that I have seen). Colette has seen her do this in the past couple days, but tonight Lauren stood up and walked from the play table past Brayton’s bookshelf and over to Brayton’s blue chair. All assisted of course by the objects she could hold on to, nevertheless she made it about six steps. It was very special for me to get to see this, and it’s been wonderful watching my little girl grow.

Lauren has also been talking more and more. Of course, as I’ve written before, her favorite word is “ball.” But, recently she’s been very fond of “puppy”. Every time we see a dog, she says “puppy” or “pup.” She says “bye” to me every day when I leave for work. She also loves “Bob” our fish. She is really getting her “B’s” down well.

Here’s a quick little video of Lauren standing up playing and talking a little bit. Watch her look around for the “puppy” when Colette talks about a puppy. Date of this video is July 1st, 2008.