What will she do next?!

I wrote about the Animalia's many skills in a post a couple of months ago. She's grown so much since then. I find myself amazed at how much she's grown and changed.

She sits on her own a bit now. It's something she was building up to, kind of slumping a little but the last few days she can pull herself up and sit upright and only tumbles to one side or the other after a few minutes.

She's so wiggly. She reaches her arms out when she wants to go with a new person. Her sense of stranger danger comes and goes but she typically doesn't tolerate unknown people for very long. She tap dances when she sees someone she knows.

Little kids fascinate her. Her eyes get wide when she sees someone small.

She likes to stretch out in her sleep. She starts out curled in a little ball. By the morning she's on her back, her arms and legs splayed out.

She takes her medicine like a big girl. She makes a face but she still drinks it right down.

She and her Da make funny faces at each other. When he's not looking at her she stares til he does, then sticks her tongue out.

We've gone through 3 little colds. She doesn't mind suctioning her nose so much anymore.

She's discovered walls. She lays in our bed and touches the wall. She was touching the wall in her Nana and Tata's hallway between the dining room and the kitchen when I left for work this morning.

She's slightly concerned that her Tio is visiting.

She's interested in food now. She tries to grab whatever we're eating or stares at it intently. She's only had watered down juice and breastmilk so far. We're starting rice cereal in a couple of weeks-- soon!!!

She plays "Kaboom!" now. Her Nana and Tata taught her to pound her feet on the ground when they say "Kaboom!"

She's starting to use consonants.

She chats with the dog. She also chats with a cat that visits my parents' yard.

She loves books and newspapers and magazines. Anything with words. She turns pages then tries to eat whatever it is. She likes to rip paper.

She laughs a big laugh now, especially when someone's blowing on her stomach or her neck. She laughed like that when we were changing her into her baptism gown.

She takes some naps in her crib. We find her awake, on her tummy, trying to escape.

She touches the faces of people she likes.

She wakes up smiling most mornings. Sometimes it's a tired smile. She likes to sleep in sometimes.