If You're Happy and You Know It...

Abigail just started clapping yesterday. And (rightfully) feels it is necessary to clap her hands if you start singing the famous jingle to her:

She also loves saying, "uh-oh" when she drops food or, just because it's fun to say.

But she may love eating macaroni and cheese more than saying, "uh-oh." Maybe.

Abigail has had a huge growth burst. She stands leaning her belly, not her hands, against things; she even will stand not holding onto anything for about half a second. But we know she's testing to see what her body can do. And her gestures--like waving to people when entering an elevator or laughing as a form of entertainment for herself, she's just bigger, and, dare we say, less baby-like and more child-like. Hard to believe but true.

Some other firsts

February is proving to be a time for a lot of firsts:

Abigail brushes her teeth now!

Which she really needed to learn to do since, she tried blackberries today!

She also loves to eat beef, barley and mushroom soup! Yay for all the new things she's trying and discovered again like, avocado and bananas--she took a hiatus from these delectables, but now eats them with vigor. She's also intereacting more with other babies her age--patting tushies, staring and noticing more of her peers.

And, here's a movie of her crawling, a bit. She's a bit camera shy when it comes to crawling, but this movie will give you a little taste of her new found mobility:

Abigail is growing incredibly fast and we're enjoying every moment with her but, also counting down to her first birthday which we're in shock is coming up so soon. Don't you just love her?!

10 months

It's hard to believe but today is Abigail's 10th month of life! Time is just flying now. And so is she. For about a week and a half now (since 2/3), she has been full on crawling. No more commando crawling for her, she's on all fours and scooting fast. It has been amazing to see her GO! Amazing for Fink too.

"Bye, bye," are her first words. She waves and says "bye, bye," when Papa leaves for work. She says "dada," when she's interacting with Daphne often so we're thinking those sounds are intended to mean her. She says "nanana," often as well but we haven't quite figured out what she's trying to tell us yet.

And eating! She loves to eat with her fork--turkey meatballs, rotini, macaroni and cheese, cheddar and swiss, blueberries cut in half, chopped up chicken with tomato sauce, cheerios, edamame, and PEAS! She's always loved pureed peas and now that she's got the real deal, she's quite pleased with herself to shove them in. She also loves to dangle her hand down and have her Dada pal lick (and tickle) it, much to the delight of both of them.

We're all recovering from a bad case of stomach flu (check picture in the previous post--we think it's the cause of the bad tummies). It slowed us down but now we're all basically recuperated. Thank goodness.

Happy 10 months!!

Children's Museum and such

Children's Museum=fun, fun, fun! Abigail loved looking and licking a few tanks there:



She's also very interested in feeding herself. She rarely wants Mama or Papa to do it. She's a hands on kind of girl. She's also an excellent napper (check out that hair!):

So many adventures even though we've been spending a lot of time indoors. She's lifting herself more and more by using drawers, stools, chairs; she's ready to just go up and up!