The Mouse Family Blog

Not much to report this week. We've just been hanging out and getting back into our regular flow after so much traveling. Over the next few weeks, we're gearing up for Lauren's Mexican- Themed "Cinco de Mouse-O" birthday in early May, and then a family trip to Chattanooga in mid-May.



Lauren continues to amaze with her "developmental milestones" ("tricks" to be honest, but that's just not boastful enough). Here are a couple highlights form the past week:

• Asks to play with "keys" by name. I think this is a new first for her.
• Has learned the fine art of "gimme five," including "up high."
• Has a few new words -- baby, puppy, Tigger and probably a few others. She repeats a lot of what she hears, so it's hard to discern which ones she's truly learned.
• Seems very discerning in the books she brings to have read to her. She'll dig past four or five before finding the one she has in mind.
  
• Walking holding just one hand. She's still a ways away from walking on her own, we think.
• Waking every morning at 5:30 a.m. Some days she decides to sleep in till 5:31 a.m. We're amazed how consistent she is, regardless of how we adjust her night time or meals (and we've tried a lot of things). :) Since this is the same time Daddy usually wakes, I guess it's just a genetic trait.