Beth fled the corporate world to be a stay-at-home mom to Mia, born July 2005, and baby-to-be-named-later, expected in early February. She lives in Virginia with her daughter and husband and her vast collections of chapstick and cheap purses.
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My father-in-law calls this her one-inch vertical leap. But hey, she very nearly got off the floor once or twice. For those of you playing along at home, this also has Mia's signs for bunny, cricket, and frog. Get it? All things that jump.
That's Van Halen, of course. I'll use the same clip again when I show you her air guitar.
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Love the signs... it looks like she's saying the words too... that's a fun stage, where they still sign but can (sort of) pronounce the words too. My daughter will still sing occasionally (she's over 2 now) but only for emphasis (as in "I'm hungry" and she'll sign for hungry if she has to ask more than once).
Posted by: SciFi Dad | 04/25/2007 at 07:52 AM
She is too cute! I LOVE her signs. Such a smart little girl!
Posted by: Bunny | 04/25/2007 at 08:27 AM
The jumping is adorable, but the signing is the sweetest. I wish that had been something people thought of when my kid were toddlers.
Posted by: wordgirl | 04/25/2007 at 08:55 AM
The jumping is adorable, but the signing is the sweetest. I wish that had been something people thought of when my kid were toddlers.
Posted by: wordgirl | 04/25/2007 at 08:55 AM
Totally random, but I saw an oven lock in the clip and have searching for one myself....which one is it? Does it work? We tried one that fell apart before we even installed it.
thanks
jill
Posted by: jill | 04/25/2007 at 09:07 AM
Oh gosh, I just love it. Even better is that little kick she throws in, just to be fancy. So precious.
Posted by: Sam | 04/25/2007 at 09:44 AM
Grace had a grin from ear to ear as she watched this, and she couldn't stop saying "That's funny!" What a great video.
Posted by: Laura GF | 04/25/2007 at 10:12 AM
That jumping is great! How'd you teach her, cause I can't get mine to jump worth, well, beans.
Jill, we used this one: http://www.onestepahead.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=325776&parentCategoryId=85183&categoryId=85216&subCategoryId=86200 and it worked fantastically!
Posted by: Kelly | 04/25/2007 at 11:22 AM
mia is awesome ;) and she totally got off the floor at least once!! that's more than my chubby girl can do...she can't get those sausages off the ground!
Posted by: ali | 04/25/2007 at 12:13 PM
Awww! She really did get off the ground a few times!
Trevor consistently signs some things and never picked up others so I'm impressed at Mia's signing skills!
--Mary
Posted by: ProudMary | 04/25/2007 at 12:24 PM
Too cute! She jumps about as high as I do...lol!
Posted by: Jaycie | 04/25/2007 at 12:42 PM
Oh that is just too adorable! hehe I think I saw the cricket and frog signs, but I'm not sure about rabbit. Of course, I don't know sign language, so maybe I'm confused about which ones I saw, but in any case, this video could no doubt, produce high levels of ovarian torture!!!
Posted by: Suz | 04/25/2007 at 12:47 PM
Thank You Mia Bean. After weeks of trying to get The Phi to jump. She fianlly did it after watching your video.
Posted by: Elissa Lerma | 04/25/2007 at 12:52 PM
Cool, I was hoping for a little Van halen this morning.
~Jef
Posted by: Edge | 04/25/2007 at 01:02 PM
Gah! So cute! My goodness, she has so much hair! Poor Sophie still gets called a boy because her hair just isn't growing.
Posted by: erika | 04/25/2007 at 02:00 PM
OMG. So cute! I remember my daughter doing this at about the same age -- brings back so many memories. Mia's wavy hair is gorgeous.
BTW? I also remember teaching our daughter the "shake your booty" dance when she was a toddler. And...yeah. We regret that now. Not so cute when a 6 year old does it. Constantly. Eeek. ;P
Posted by: iheartnewyork | 04/25/2007 at 02:00 PM
Oh Beth, that is the cutest thing in the entire world! How can you stand it?
Also, where did that chubby baby go? You have a real grown up girl there!
(weeps just a little)
Posted by: Maribeth | 04/25/2007 at 02:28 PM
So cute. That's how Zoe jumps too. How long do you think it takes before they actually make it off the ground?
Posted by: Colleen | 04/25/2007 at 03:37 PM
Dying from the cuteness!!!
Posted by: liz | 04/25/2007 at 04:18 PM
No originality in my comments: Love the signing! So cute!
She is such an awesome happy kid. I refuse to believe any nonsense about tantrums and not sleeping.
Posted by: Jen | 04/25/2007 at 04:25 PM
I'm always impressed with the quality of your videos. Do you use your camera or video camera? What brand and model? Hope you don't mind the nosiness.
Posted by: Katheryn Ostler | 04/25/2007 at 04:41 PM
I've been trying to comment all day annd it would just not let me. I have no idea why.
Anyway, too cute!
Posted by: jodi | 04/25/2007 at 05:06 PM
Awesome! She's so cute!
Posted by: Jenn | 04/25/2007 at 07:35 PM
Absolutely the cutest thing on the internet-period! I remember when gabs couldn't get off the ground at that age- yet all the other toddlers in her music class could- I was panicking! No worries- she can even jump on one foot now! Beth, Mia is so cute- do you ever think- man, wouldn't triplets have been the coolest thing ever?
Posted by: Tina | 04/25/2007 at 10:24 PM
very cute.
Posted by: Drea | 04/25/2007 at 11:12 PM