I am impressed by the little one. In fact, I was telling this friend that I often feel as if I've inherited this great gift (the lil one); but that I'm always wondering if someone else may not show up and claim more custody rights to her than us; as if we didn't deserve her (well, at least on the nights when she sleeps, that's how I feel :) Or maybe it's the sleeplessness that's causing such crazy talk).
In any case, she's on FIRE! She just tried two free dives off of her changing table today. Thankfully we caught her in mid air. Phew. My heart skipped a few beats. We're going to be changing the table setup. Real soon. As in, right now.
She's walking everywhere, with help. I'm ignoring all the well-meaning people who say she shouldn't until she's a year old. They obviously have not met her determination to walk - it's so much simpler to hold her hands and give in to her exploring demands than to try and sit her down. Which will prove fun on the 15 hour travel journey we'll be taking in two days. And with the restricted carry-ons allowed (no toy? no book? no music box?). And she just came down with her first ever illness - well, only a cold and sore throat, but still, congestion for a little one during airplane takeoff and landing? party on!
She's a catholic: up, down, stand, sit, stand, kneel, stand, lay down (?? some fanatic catholic sect maybe??).
She's "a-da-da-da-da-da"-ing to P's greatest delight. I'm a teeny bit jealous. But patient.
She's figured out that big people water bottles hold water. If she ever wants water, she just stretches her hands towards one of those and if we hover in the neighborhood, she'll actually pick it up and put her mouth to it. hilarious. thank god she hasn't figured out what's in the limoncello bottle ;0.
And her latest game is with her pacifier (i know, i know, she's not supposed to have one by this age, we're working on it, ok, but she's a teether and a sucking soother, and, well, judge me): she can play with it, but she can't figure out how to put it back in her mouth properly - and she knows that. She was playing in her crib yesterday and I was nearby, so she reached for her pacifier which was laying on the mat next to her, and handed it for me to put into her mouth. cute.
otherwise, the general game these days is "drop". as in, drop anything from the high chair. drop anything from the change table (including self, as mentioned above). but also drop also-above-mentioned pacifier in between crib bars - always on the side of the wall to make more noise and see princess' parents crawl to fetch it. ha ha ha - the fun a lil one can conjure!
Finally here's a very recent pic:
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