I can walk everyone! I have been walking everyday now since the 27th of June! I was at the doctor's office and my cousin Brandon showed me the ropes. He told Mommy to put her hands out and he stood behind me coaxing me along. I turned into a pro on the spot and have been impressing everybody since! I actually had started walking 6 weeks earlier. I took my first steps at Butterfly Kisses Academy one Friday afternoon when Mommy came to pick me up. I would take a series of steps here and there for the couple of weeks to follow, but then, I must have hit a growth spurt because I totally stopped walking for a few weeks. When we're really young, we have to catch up with our bodies before we can try new things. When we get older, it's usually our bodies that have to catch up with us.
SOME LATIN INFLUENCE?
Last night, I mastered walking with one hand behind my back. I'm getting the hang of walking so much that I only need one hand to balance. I like challenging myself so it's always fun when Mommy, Daddy, and Miss Aliki cheer like crazy for me when I accomplish something new. Sometimes, I even cheer for myself. I say "Yayyyyyy" or "Bravo" but I'm not sure Mommy and Daddy understand all my words yet.
ILUHYADAH!
Last week, Mommy thought she heard me tell Daddy that I love him. I crawled up to him in bed and mumbled, "Iluhyadah" and gave him a hug and a great big smile!
A NATURAL ACROBAT
I'm also quite an acrobat. I can climb to all levels of the cat hotel now, such that Mommy is going to remove it front he main room. She thinks it possible that I could literally break my neck if I fell from it so she doesn't want any crazy accidents to happen. There's so many things in life that are out of our control she figures we might as well limit the hazards by removing the ones we can. Still, there's nothing more fun that diving off the second floor of the hotel onto the couch and then, making a dash for the other arm of the sofa where I can wrestle with the floor lamp.
DIAPERS AND WIPERS
I can't stand having my diaper changed! Nothing more patronizing than that! Sometimes, I just get so fed up with it that I crawl with as much speed and haste that my limbs will allow to escape the whole ritual. Sometimes, it's funny how slippery I can be and how much Mommy and Daddy have to struggle to keep me in one place. One time, though, when I was wearing a really small diaper (an "emergency diaper"), I actually suggested they change it when it got wet - I lied down on my back and waved a clean diaper in the air advertising that I'm a good little girl who likes to have a clean dry diaper.
GOING DOWN THE STEPSMommy taught me how to come down the stairs last Friday, July 4th, on my rump. She thought it might be a good lesson for me in the event that I ever encountered stairs so that I wouldn't just try to descend them on foot... a process that would quickly turn into a scary and dangerous tumble. She encouraged me to put my rump down on each step and slowly descend to the next step. I perfected the art by rolling over and doing the tummy-descend trick. Mommy was impressed by how quickly I understood her gestures and guidance! She's convinced I'm a genius!
I'M A SWEETIE PIE!
My little cousin Matilda visited me over the last weekend in June. I impressed Mommy and Daddy with my TLC skills. I would wake up each morning and peak into the crib and on finding Matilda there, I would smile and point out to Mommy and Daddy that she had slept over that night. Mommy would bring her out of the crib and I got to give Matilda a big huge smile followed by a hug and several kisses. I would put my hand on her belly, head and cheek and just rub her gently. Mommy and Daddy were very impressed with my sweet nature. They thought I'd be a bit jealous of the attention given to Matilda, but if anything, I just wanted to help make her stay as pleasant as possible. I even put a bottle in her mouth when she was crying. I adept at comforting the little baby that when a baby in my class at daycare was crying, I put his pacifier back in his mouth several times to soothe him, too. Little babies just need love and attention! I know that more than any other baby now!
KNOCK KNOCK
I stayed home with Daddy quit a bit over the last month. I got sick on quite a few occasions and got to hang out with Dad. It was really fun, actually, even though I had a temperature. One thing that we like to do is play knock-knock. I knock on doors and he swings it open and I giggle and squeal with excitement that makes him coo in delight. So we play that game quite a bit. Over the weekend, Daddy exited the house via the front door and I crawled off Mommy's lap and rushed over and started banging on the door, thinking he would bang back. He didn't so Mommy took me to the garage where he was working and that made me feel better, knowing he wasn't outgrowing our fun game!
LITTLE TRICKSTER
I'm a little trickster, you know, and some of my tricks I like to keep my very own secret. During my 12-month appointment on April 29th, the doctors discovered that I was hiding hemoglobin. They're not sure if I've been hiding it ever since I was born and I won't tell, but they are sure that it's been low since April. The doctors can't seem to unlock the logic behind my game. I got tired of giving blood though and decided to reveal some of my hidden stash because it's not fun getting a needle in the arm all the time. I'm still not giving away my secret though because I get lots more time out from daycare since I go to the doctor more often. Plus, Mommy isn't making me sleep in my own crib or even worse, my own room! As long as my hemoglobin is low, I get spoiled rotten out of her concern for me.
MY PEARLS
I have twelve teeth you know. I've had four molars for over a month or two and really have sprouted my teeth early. I've been drooling quite a bit lately and may even been teething now. I am owed four canines and four more molars. Then, I'll have my full set of twenty baby teeth!
ZERBERTS and RASBERRIES
I am a pro at giving zerberts and blowing rasberries. I give Mommy zerberts on her thighs all the time and it makes me giggle with joy! Mommy finds it funny that I'm such a little cook!
OUCH!
Since I've been teething, I've also been biting a bit. Lately, after a quick bite or smack, I'll say "ouch!" in anticipation of hearing that out of the mouths of my loved ones! I don't always mean to bite; it's just that sometimes it feels better to clamp down on something. As for hitting, well, sometimes, I really am just exploring the world around me. I smack the table or the wall or the door just to know what the general density of the substance that I'm coming into contact with. I'm a very inquisitive individual, you know!
CUDDLY KITTIES
I know the difference between George, Ivan, and Balthazar now. Ivan is my biggest cuddlebug. He will let me tackle and hug him and even yank on his tail. Balthezar and George usually leap to escape my approach but lately, as I've become more docile with them, they will be receptive to my approach. But as soon as my hand opens to smack them on the face, they're off! I'm gathering that creatures of varied backgrounds don't like to be smacked in the face. Guess you learn something new every day!
BYE-BYE
So I figured out how to say bye-bye, such that when someone else waves bye-bye to me, I almost can't help waving back even if I don't want them to go bye-bye. Daddy was taking me out of a restaurant last night and I really wanted to hang out on Mommy's lap and as I was leaving, I was crying and simultanously waving bye-bye. Mommy looked heartbroken so my ploy worked. The other night at my cousin Charlotte's house, I was ready to leave so I tugged on Daddy's hand and dragged him towards the door and started waving and saying "bye-bye". Daddy was amused!
NOW FOR THE PICTURES
Below you can see me with Gramps! I had just eaten a big greasy hamburger patty at Wendy's, having just gotten over a few bugs and was feeling great! I also enjoyed playing with Granny's jewelry! She likes to dress up more than Mommy so I enjoyed playing with her accessories. We visited Granny and Gramps at Virginia Tech where Gramps talked to the Blacksburg Athletic Club about his book, It's More Than Just Winning. We had a great time and I got to run around and play with Daddy.
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