Is it POSSIBLE that she is 11 months already?!?! Time has FLOWN by since we got her on Dec. 2, at 2 days old. Wow. She will be a year old on Nov. 3o.
Over the last few weeks, Tali has absolutely BLOSSOMED. I don't know if that sounds cheesy or not... but it's the best way I can think of to describe what is happening to her. Her personality is becoming more and more clearly defined. She is SO MUCH FUN, hilariously funny, and super smart. She is signing and understanding the words "More" and "All finished". We are now working on "please" and "hungry," and of course "Mama" and "Daddy." She understands more and more every day. She loves looking at herself in the mirror - just grins and laughs at herself. She waves "hi" and "bye-bye." Every time I take her up the stairs for a diaper change or a nap, if there are people in the living room, she waves as we go up the stairs. (Um, MELTING?!?!) She smiles and reaches for pictures of herself with Hayleigh and seems to recognize herself, Hayleigh, and Stan and I in pictures. Yesterday I left her with our friend Vicki for a bit and for the first time, she cried as she realized I was leaving. (Yes, melting again!) She is finally starting to clearly demonstrate her attachment to Stan and I. :) We are reading to her more and more and she is getting better at paying attention, engaging, really looking at the pictures, even trying to help us turn pages! She is crawling at HIGH rates of speed (she's FAST!), pulling up on anything and everything, even letting go for several seconds at a time and standing on her own. She has really good balance! She has taken one or two steps on her own before choosing to sit down or to "lunge" toward wherever it is that she's going. I'm thinking she'll be walking on her own by Christmas at the latest....we'll see. :) Table foods are a whole new world for her right now - we can feed her ALMOST anything if we break it into small enough pieces. She's digging "baby foods" less and less and is really loving: shredded cheese, lunch meat, bread, cheerios, bananas, little pieces of grape, green beans, corn, noodles.....the list goes on. It is SO fun. AND.... TODAY.... I noticed that her top teeth are finally coming in! YAY! And what's even better is that she is not acting like they're bothering her at all! Praise God!!!
Anyway, just had to send out a "Celebrate Tali" email.... I can't believe her first birthday is coming so quickly. Actually, Hayleigh's birthday (she'll be 6!) is Nov. 19th, mine is the 28th, and Tali's is the 30th! (My brother's, my sis-in-law Kelly's, and my grandpa's birthdays are also in November, and my dad's is Dec. 2.) We will have one busy month!!!
We are so enjoying our "Bug!" Just when we think she is absolutely AMAZING and AWESOME, she suddenly becomes even MORE amazing and awesome! :) Ha! I so wish I could post pictures.... if you're not on my "Snapfish" list and you'd like to receive our photo updates, drop me a line and let me know. danalynnb@gmail.com.
Sidenote - there are several new items in my Etsy store (http://danalynnb.etsy.com) , and I'm finishing up another project right now. New facebook fan page, too! If you have a fb, fan me! :) (search Unforced Rhythms - I should come up.)
Love to all! Happy almost November!!! YAY! :) Enjoy your extra hour of SLEEP tomorrow night! DOUBLE YAY!!
:)
Dana
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