June 12, 1999

"We had a Father's day celebration with daddy because he was going to be in Florida on Father's day. Daddy taught me how to play catch this week. Actually I throw the ball and daddy tries to catch it. Sometimes the ball doesn't go where I aim it. Sometimes it even goes backwards over my head. I need to work on my timing when I let go of the ball.

"The day daddy left to go to Florida, I crawled for the first time. Daddy missed it by 1 1/2 hours. He was a little upset with me. I practiced real hard when he was gone so when he came home I would be an expert crawler.

"I also learned to clap my hands this week. Actually I hit my fists together when my mom says 'patty-cake'."