14 months

Heidi is 14 months old and learning new things each day. She has finally decided that she is interested in walking (although not too interested yet). She took her first two steps without any assistance at my grandma's house when we were visiting last week. She did it all on her own without any prompting from us and I thought it was really special that my grandma got to see it. Since then she has taken a few more steps here and there. The most is 5 or 6 steps in a row and she still prefers to crawl since it gets her where she wants a lot faster, but we should be on to walking pretty soon- which means big trouble for us, but also not having to carry her so much. She will be very glad to be able to better keep up with her brothers once she masters walking.
Heidi still loves to eat, but she has now decided that she must feed herself almost every bite. She will often refuse when I try to feed her and insists that she feed herself, which is very messy. We sometimes out-smart her by having Asher or Leif feed her if something is really messy, although that isn't any cleaner sometimes ;) On top of having to put everything into her mouth herself, she has also decided that bibs are not for her. She rarely will just leave one on, but pulls and pulls until it comes off. I only have two bibs with really tight snaps that she can't break, so we may be exclusively using those for awhile.
Heidi's language is picking up lately. She is currently going through the "no" phase and says it all the time with a cute little shake of her head. She says a word that kind of sounds like "yes" sometimes, but not nearly as often as "no". She is also very fond of the work "gook" which I think is supposed to mean "look" since she usually says it while she is holding something up or pointing to something that interests her. These are the two words she says most often in a day, but she does have a few others- I think I mentioned them in her last post.
We love this little princess so much and are happy for the sunshine she brings into our family! Here are some photos Austin took of her getting into Asher's birthday present :)