and a couple of tricks up the sleeve...

I meant to share two other "tricks" about sweet Miriam - she has showed us with her brillance (of which I NEVER doubted)!  We do lots of things with our hands and arms, initially it was because of her weakness in her left arm/shoulder.  She can "pat pat pat" back with us now and she gets so giddy when we do it with her!

She also has these stackable rings that she got as a Christmas present from her dear Ann-weese :) She LOVES playing (and eating) each ring, one by one, taking them off. And, what we used to think was just careless banging and clanging of the rings together and against the yellow stick, she really WAS trying to put them back on the stick. She can get at least the blue and green one on, and sometimes the yellow...and we're working on the rest.

She may not roll over like most 5-6 months are, and she may not have any teeth like most babies before 7 months, but she sure is smart. Of course she is :)