These past few months have been both fun and also frustrating. Fun because of all the new things Marin is doing, and frustrating because she has been having ear problems that have sent us to the doctor 10 times since February! She developed an ear infection in her right ear back in February and was put on oral antibiotics. We had a follow up appointment a few weeks later that revealed the infection was still there. We went through two more rounds of oral antibiotics when they decided it wasn't clearing up enough. Next step was antibiotic shots three days in a row, which finally seemed to do the trick although I think an ENT visit is in our near future.

This past month Marin finally hit 20 lbs! We were so excited to finally turn her car seat around so she could face forward. That will definitely be a plus when I am driving down to Cincinnati...she will now be able to see the DVD player :) Marin isn't walking yet, but she's cruising on the furniture and she is able to stand for a few seconds on her own. She walks well when we hold her hands. She's a master at crawling and scooting and gets into plenty of trouble even though she can't walk yet! She is babbling constantly now. We can't really understand what she is saying except for mama, dada, and woof. She has long conversations and seems very intent on what she is saying. I tried to video tape her several times, but she always stops talking when she sees the camera. She's been doing better with associations lately. When she hears the water running she starts rubbing her hands together (check out the video below) and last night she saw a commercial with a dog in it and said "woof!". It is so fun watching her learn and figure things out.