first tooth

Lauren is definitely getting better at getting mobile. She’s not crawling yet, but can get around pretty well, mostly backwards.

Here’s how I found her the other morning. She’s pretty good at backing herself around the house. 
And here’s a video of her doing all of the right moves… except for the forward one: http://youtu.be/trdEosCS3eA
And who knows, she may decide to walk before she crawls. She loves to stand and “walk” around with someone holding her hands. Here she is with Dave today: http://youtu.be/D9KPPbwjxXo
And it’s official, she’s got four teeth! The two front teeth came in about two weeks ago, and the second bottom one came in last week. It also looks like she might have the Rainer space between the top two. The most important thing we’re going to do is try to hang on to them…
You can see the top two teeth here, thanks to a little girl who’s always willing to give us a smile.

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We just back for a quick trip up to Brad & Joan’s fishing cabin in Canada. Unfortunately we were only able to stay a few days of the week vacation, but we packed as much fishing, reading and relaxation as possible into those days. Dave was also testing out our new camera lenses, so of the 400 pictures (literally), here are just a few. Of course none can capture the absolute beauty of the area.

There was of course fishing, and a lot of it. Sophie caught her fair share of sunnies, and also one bass! Uncle Brad let Sophie in on his secret – fish with a net off the dock. 

Pap Pap also imparted some knowledge on how to fish with a rod
Dave bought a wake board for the trip and it got some good use as Dan drive him around and around the island

Off the water the other most popular activity is reading. 

And of course s’mores at night! 

And Lauren made some big developmental progress while in Canada too – she is now getting on all 4s and rocking back and forth. She also cut her first tooth (7 1/2 months)! Benson is starting to get a little weary about how quickly she can move toward him, as you can see from his look in this picture.

Group shot! 

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