Wayne and Rebecca Madsen

Paela finished off a Costco large box of wipes and then decided that it made a perfect walker. So she pushed it around and we followed her.

Must protect the books! The bookshelf is one of the first two places Paela goes after she wakes up. Her toy basket is the other place. I try to only intervene when she is eating one of my favorite books, but it's hard to only have a few favorites....

Here's Paela's latest mode of transportation: the spider crawl. She gets up on her toes, or one knee and five toes, and moves. She alternates now between crawling on knees (occassional), spider crawling (a little more often), and when she's really anxious to get somewhere, good ole fashioned belly scooting.

What is there not to like about the piano? Paela loves banging on the keys and reaching for the books. Best of all, she saves a special screeching sound expressly for piano time.

The kitchen is a fun place to be. Whether she is chasing her daddy's feet or the camera, scooting on her tummy or doing the spider crawl, there's lots of activity in the kitchen.

Paela likes to eat what daddy is eating. Here she grabs some nanners. Like a monkey.

So, all babies like mirrors, right? One day, I was filming Paela with the screen pointed out towards her because I forgot to turn it back toward me. She saw herself in it, giggled and tried to get the camera.