This post is a few days late but I wanted to keep up with all the things Addy is doing right now so we can look back and remember!
Our favorite thing that she does right now is to hide something (toy, food, her hairbow) behind her back or underneath her and then she does her hands in the air in a "where" motion and says "Go go?" like
where did it go? The funniest time was when she tried to hide a big chunk of cake in her highchair on her birthday and pulled this trick!
She is babbling all the time and has a few "words" that mean multiple things. For example,
go go could mean goldfish, gone gone, or where did it go depending on the context!
Mmmm can mean yummy, Mmmmoo (like the sound a cow makes), Elmo, or meow (like when you ask what sound a cat makes). She also says
cack cack for duck,
shhh shhh for shoes,
baby, ball, bye-bye, hi, up, cup, bubbles. She can say
JJ (my mom) and
Pop (Courtney's Dad) and I think she said
KK (my sister) on Sunday.
She has gotten a new tooth so she has 7 now - three on bottom and four on top. The two middle top ones are still really far apart :)
She continues to get better at walking although she still takes tumbles all the time. On Sunday, she kind of rolled down the hill in our backyard when she was trying to walk around! Oops! She didn't mind a bit though!
She likes to hide behind a door or wall and play peekaboo. She has learned how to close doors which is fine until she gets stuck in her room by herself and can't figure out how to get out!
She still loves books and we ventured out to story time at the library twice this month. On Wednesdays, they have "Baby Steps" at the library at 10:00 and there are lots of kids Addy's age. It only lasts about 20 minutes which is about all their attention span can handle. They read one book, learn a sign, say a nursery rhyme, sing a couple of songs and the grand finale is a bubble machine that blows bubbles all over the "story castle" for the kids to chase after. It is fun to be around other kids her age - I think she likes it! She sits in my lap most of the time but she is not shy when the librarian brings out the basket of books at the end... she always walks right up to the front to pick out her book! Last week she took a book away from a little boy that's probably a year older than her... he snatched it right back! We will have to teach her about sharing!
She has a new face - it is funny looking - she makes an O with her mouth... I will look for a picture of her doing it!
She hugs and pats her baby dolls and stuffed animals when you tell her to love the baby or toy. It is so sweet!
She laughs when she hears others laugh, especially in a public place! If a table of people in the room is laughing, Addy joins right in!
She has had a few cry moments when we've left her in the nursery at church but she is usually okay within a few seconds after we leave. She knows what is about to happen when we walk into her classroom though and starts hanging on tighter. It is kinda pitiful!
She can sign more, finished and down, although none of her signs look like what they're supposed to (but we know what they mean because she does them the same every time!).
She likes to dance to the music and loves the song "If You're Happy and You Know It" but every verse is "clap your hands" to her!
She can point out her ears, nose, toes, tummy, tongue, hair, eyes, mouth... she has gotten a little better a pointing out her own nose instead of yours!
Now that she's not eating baby food, it seems like she eats less at mealtimes. She regularly eats toast, bananas, yogurt, goldfish, watermelon, grapes, grilled chicken, green beans, sometimes potatoes, waffles or pancakes for breakfast. She has tried eggs a few times this week and only likes them with cheese (who can blame her?)
