Uma Watch Day 7175: Now with even more.
  • Friday, June 30, 2006

    Uma feels the satisfaction of a job well done.

  • Uma loves the doggy on the box.
    Uma goes fishing

    Oooh... let's see what's up here.


    A coaster. Hmmph. I think I'll throw this one back.
  • Thursday, June 29, 2006

    Here I come....


    I'm gonna get you!
  • Wednesday, June 28, 2006

    This walking business is pretty neat.


    Ok, Mommy (#2), get your last picture.


    That was fun and all, but I just don't see it being practical like crawling.
  • Tuesday, June 27, 2006

    You say I have how many fingers?

  • That wig was very, very, very, very briefly on Uma's head.
  • Monday, June 26, 2006

    Uma lays down a beat.

  • Uma is concerned about the sudden appearance of the camera.


    Not intimidated, though.
  • Sunday, June 25, 2006
    turn the seat around
    They say you have to wait until a baby is 12 months old and 20 lbs. to face forward in a car seat. There's something about development of neck strength. We figured that 14 months and ~19 lbs. was close enough, so we flipped her around yesterday. She's not too impressed. Oh well.

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  • Having been dragged along on yet another errand, Uma tries to amuse herself.
  • Saturday, June 24, 2006
    Eureka!
    While Ketan and I have been excited about Uma's first unsupported steps this week, Uma has seemed mostly oblivious to the fact that she can now, ever so briefly, walk. She has been so focused on whatever she was going after that she appears not to have noticed how she got there. Until today that is. This morning she realized that she can now get around in a new way, and she is delighted about it. She has been practicing a lot, and in the span of just one day has noticeably improved. She is now steadier and has walked as many as seventeen steps in a row.

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  • This picture was at least an hour and a half after Uma got the balloon, and she hadn't let go of it once.
  • Friday, June 23, 2006
    On the Move
    This morning Uma took five steps in a row. She was standing and saw her sippy cup on the floor a couple feet away. Rather than get down on all fours, she toddled over.

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  • Puma charge!

    Fish lips, fish lips...

    Geez, Mommy (#2), at least let me get some clothes on...
  • Thursday, June 22, 2006
    the hits keep coming
    Yesterday morning, I discovered the pointy tips of a molar on the lower right side of Uma's mouth. That makes 4 molars, and something like 14 teeth total. Yowza.

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  • Princess Uma displays her symbols of rank, her royal scepter and her, um, royal duck.


    Also her (new) royal carriage, and her royal UV-blocking-shirt-with-a-fish-on-it.
  • Wednesday, June 21, 2006

    Hooray for something!

  • Uma let the hat stay on just barely long enough to take a picture. I guess she doesn't want hat head.
  • Tuesday, June 20, 2006
    walk around the clock
    This evening, Uma stood unsupported and took a single step. Three times, no less.

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  • Oh how I wish they would feed me.

    Mmmm.... water. My favorite.
  • Monday, June 19, 2006

    Uma considers playing the guitar with her new teeth.

  • Uma is really into Legos.
  • Sunday, June 18, 2006
    yet another tooth
    I found another tooth on Uma's top right. It's either a premolar or a full molar. The budding canine still hasn't poked through. Most of the remaining new teeth are slowly making their way out. This makes I think 13 teeth total.

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  • Uma is cooperative but wary as Mommy (#1) attempts to put some jewelry on her.
  • Saturday, June 17, 2006

    Uma gets ambitious.
  • Friday, June 16, 2006

    Something's fishy...

  • More. I guess. If you feel like it.
  • Thursday, June 15, 2006

    Uma and Aaji explore the great outdoors.

  • And everywhere that Uma went, Elmo was sure to go.
  • Wednesday, June 14, 2006

    Uma does not like her private reading time to be interrupted.


    Still, she can't resist an opportunity to mug for the camera.


    In the end, all is forgiven.
  • Tuesday, June 13, 2006
    14 months
    Uma hit 14 months today. She's progressing rapidly. She can easily walk balancing herself on furniture. She also really enjoys walking with her hands held up. She can stand for increasingly long without support, up to 10 seconds at a time. She took a step that way just recently, but it doesn't qualify as walking.

    She has also learned how to say a few more words. "Squirrel" she says "querr," for instance. "Daddy" is still not an important word, though; she greeted me on my return from work tonight with a clear and enthusiastic "Mama!" I started teaching her some signs at the beginning of the month as well. She knows the sign for "dog" really well and does it a lot, often doing it after seeing dogs (or pictures) we didn't even know were there. She knows the sign for "more" and can do it, but she hasn't known what it means, though today she might have gotten it. She knows the sign for "drink," and she takes a swig when I do it, but she doesn't do it herself. There are a handful (haha) of other signs we're going to try to teach her.

    Uma's canine still hasn't popped out. It was bothering her this past weekend. I think what I called a premolar before might be a full molar; I saw at least four cusps on it. The teeth are slowly coming in, and she seems to be figuring out what to do with them. It's getting harder and harder to peek in to see more, though; she no likey.

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  • Uma assesses the situation from her command center.

    Modest Moose.

    'round these parts, we call 'em puma tails.
  • Monday, June 12, 2006

    Uma tries to turn on the TV with the power of her mind.

  • Uma models another hat.


    I think she likes this one. Better not try to take it away.
  • Sunday, June 11, 2006

    Got lassi?


    Uma does.
  • Saturday, June 10, 2006

    Serene in green.
  • Friday, June 09, 2006

    Peek


    A-Boo!


    Again!
  • Thursday, June 08, 2006

    No, I'm fine sitting over here thank you.

  • I guess that baby is OK cute... she's got nothin' on me, though.
  • Wednesday, June 07, 2006

    Now where did that lobster go?

  • Uma wants you all to know that she eats broccoli sometimes.

    You keep your distance, Trey Johnson, or there will be trouble.
  • Tuesday, June 06, 2006

    Daddy's lying in the dirt. That's funny.

  • Uma's first time on a big(gish) girl swing.

    The hardest part about pictures like this is coordinating expressions.
  • Monday, June 05, 2006

    OK, grass, I know we've had our differences in the past, but I'm willing to give things a try again. Just don't try any funny business.

  • For Uma, spinach is more than just a food: it's a medium for artistic expression.

    Uma's none too happy about the "Luigi from Jersey" hairstyle that Daddy did.
  • Sunday, June 04, 2006

    Uma does her famous Douglas MacArthur impression (without the corncob pipe, but with a lobster).
  • Saturday, June 03, 2006

    Uma would have you believe she brushed her own hair to be that pretty.
  • Friday, June 02, 2006

    They don't get much cuter than this.

  • Uma sorts Daddy's laundry: that goes on the floor, that goes on the floor, that goes on the floor...

    Uma is a key member of our Neighborhood Watch program.
  • Thursday, June 01, 2006

    Uma uncovers the shocking truth: that's not her puppy. Nothing will ever be the same again.

  • Mmmm.... tastes like floor.