First Birthday Videos (and more)

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! Got a few updates, dating back to Halloween.

First up, from Halloween weekend, here's the first time Sarah ever walked by just holding hands. It's with her Bubbie and Zeyda, and it's in two parts...






Here's Sarah at her birthday party, as we sing "Happy Birthday" to her and she blows out her candle (with help from friend Evan's big sister, Carson, and our family friend, Dana).



After "Happy Birthday," here's Sarah enjoying a piece of her first birthday cake. She even enjoyed eating some of it!




Finally, here's video of Sarah discovering her new favorite toy - Elmo Live. She got so excited, we're pretty sure she even said, "Elmo!"

October updates

Hey, everybody! It's been a loooooong time since I posted any updates on our Sarah-Bearah. There's a reason. She doesn't perform for the camera. She sees the camera and wants to play with it. So trust me when I say, for every video you see here, she has done the same thing but better (and cuter) a bunch of times without being caught on video. We're working on the 24-hour surveillance. Until then, enjoy this sampling...

Many of you have not had the chance to see our little speed crawler in action. Here she burns up the track in the upstairs hallway...



Of course, crawling is what babies do. Our big girl is learning to walk!



She's not just a big girl on her feet. Here's Sarah eating her first slice of pizza. Imagine how much easier this will get when she has teeth...




Our little Mooks is quite curious. Here, you see how she's trying to plot her escape...into the kitchen. You can also see just how fast she can stand up now! We're so proud of our little prison breaker.



Here, our budding superstar athlete shows the world that she got game...




Sarah shows off two of her many tricks - clapping on cue and...whatever you want to call that "bwa bwa bwa" thing she does



And finally, here's Sarah in her maiden voyage in her little red wagon. She got quite a tour of the backyard!

Jumperoo and New Doll

It's been a while since I've updated with some new videos. It's not that Sarah hasn't been doing interesting things. It's just that keeping up with her and pointing a camera is tricky!

Here, we see our little Mooks bouncing like a jumping bean in her jumperoo. She loves this thing.



And here we see the first time she played with her new lady bug-costume-wearing doll (a gift from Bubbie's friends, Bev and Yale). Suffice it to say, she looooooves it!




So that's about all for now. She's also started crawling on all fours. So when we catch up to her, we'll try to get some video!

Sarah Swings, Hunts, Flies...and Crawls!!!

One of Sarah's favorite new "chill out" activities is riding on a swing at the park. We go every weekend. Check out that tongue...

Sarah hunts for and catches her favorite prey...Daddy's toe. Which has to be in a sock. And wiggling...

Sarah Takes to the skies, and shows how much she loves to fly (flight is, of course, Daddy-powered)...

And now, the moment you've all been waiting for...Sarah's first crawl! Ok, so she's not ready to enter the baby Olympics. But we're talking forward freakin' progress here! (Baby-proofers, start your engines!)

Mid-July update

It's been a while, so here are some lovely video highlights of our little Mooks...

We start out with a classic. Sarah reads her little toy book (a part of her activity center). Of course, every word in the book is "Mama(mamamama)" and the book is only slightly more interesting than Spongebob Squarepants (audible in the background)...




Next up is Sarah playing peekaboo, and showing off her most mobile move - the reverse and rotate. The cool thing about this one is that she has mastered peekaboo so much, she knows how to reveal her own hidden face...




Next up is Sarah showing off some more of her "mad skillz." Here she sits on the bench of a new toy she got. The idea behind this toy is you can reconfigure it to age with the child. But sitting on the bench like this...that's not supposed to happen for another two months! She makes us so proud!




Now some proof that Sarah is daddy's little girl. See how she reacts to eating veggies - here, sweet corn. One of mommy's favorites. Not so for daughter...



Finally, one of those video moments that will have to resurface when Sarah's the perfect age to be utterly embarassed...here she is sitting on the "big girl" side of her baby bath tub. As you can see, she likes to splash, and to play with (read, "eat") the toy fishhook attached to the tub.



That's all for now. We'll keep pointing that video camera any time it looks like something cute is about to happen...

Sarah fetches, finds her reflection...and stands!

Ok, so this first one is pretty cute. Sarah plays "fetch" with herself (tossing her plastic keyring aside and rotating after it) until she spots her reflection, and then has as much fun watching herself play as we do. But this is really just warmup for the next one...



Here, we see Sarah with her Unca Loonie and Auntie Tash. Auntie Tash held her up for a moment, and, lo and behold, Sarah started standing all by herself! Then she started trying to eat her uncle's blackberry holster...

Welcome to Sarah's new blog!

Hey, everyone! I thought this blog would be a great way to share videos, photos, and news about Sarah. Feel free to pass it on to your friends, family, whatever.

This first video shows Sarah answering several questions...with her favorite (and, so far, only) syllable. As you can imagine, her mom is thrilled...

Next, we have Sarah in one of her first piano lessons. As her bubbe said, it looks like Sarah will be more of a Rachmaninoff than a Beethoven...

Now, Sarah has learned her piano so well, she can't wait to get back to it...

And, to round out this first post, just some footage of Sarah enjoying a tickle attack...