Megan is 13 Months old

It's been a very busy month for Megan, and mommy and daddy too. Megan is blissfully unaware that she will never again see her car seat, stroller, or orange Florida Mickey Mouse. She doesn't seem to care that we're now driving a Nissan Sentra instead of the usual Toyota Corolla. Nor does she seem to wonder why we keep hanging out at car dealerships! For those of you who haven't heard, our car was stolen a week ago. Things are looking up, I guess. We have secured a new Toyota Matrix and we should be picking it up in a week's time. Please please let May be an uneventful month!

Megan has been busy, as usual. She is enjoying the nice weather and she's been babbling nonstop for the past few weeks. She's got so many random syllables coming out of her, I can't even begin to approximate half of them! However, she has also started to mimic in earnest. This month she's discovered a lot of her favourite things begin with the letter 'B': Balloon, Ball, Bus, Baba!(Daddy in Arabic). Of course she's mostly just saying "Baa!" to all of them, but it's a start. Actually, her "balloon" pronunciation is closer - it at least has two syllables: "Baa'ooon!"

Megan took her first steps last week (only one each time). She stands very steadily but is very hesitant to step forward unless we are holding her hand. She bolts full speed ahead when securely holding the hands of her grandparents, parents and aunties. We know she can do it, its just a matter of time and to our delight earlier this evening she took 4 steps forward!!!

Events this month included Megan's baptism (lots of pics for you), Norman & Robyn's wedding, and Luiza's 2-year birthday party.