I haven't posted anything for a while because we have been dealing with a bed bug infestation that started just after Thanksgiving. On top of that I've been helping John send in applications for PhD programs and we've all been getting ready for our upcoming travels! John is going to Cambodia for a few months to work with the World Health Organization on polio surveillance and vaccines, and the baby and I are going to stay with family out in Wyoming and Utah. We're trying to sublet our apt. while we're gone so we have been cleaning, cleaning, cleaning. Oh and did I mention bed bugs? I can't even begin to describe how much it stinks to have bed bugs.
So anyway I just need to document a couple things here real quick.
A few weeks ago she figured out how to grab things and move them to her mouth. Now it's second nature and a good thing too because she's got some teeth coming soon (SHE IS A DROOL FACTORY) and it will be nice to have the ability to gnaw on stuff.
She's been chewing on her hands and fingers for a long time. She hasn't quite figured out that when she gags it's because she shoved that finger ALL the way in. At this moment she is sucking on her finger and the pacifier at the same time and doing a pretty darn good job of it.
She has just barely started noticing her feet! Today I turned around and caught her with one foot in each hand and she was like, "ok now how'my gonna get these in my mouth?" I tried to get a video but of course as soon as she heard the camera beep it was all over.
I think her favorite thing to do now is watch other kids play. We try to hang out in our apartment and even if I'm giving her my full attention she loses it after 30 minutes or so and wants OUT OF HERE!!!! So we'll go to a play group and she'll sit there for hours watching the kids run around.
Today I also heard her laugh for the first time!!!! Too bad it was the neighbor's babysitter who got her to laugh, not me. I just sat there like, "oh yeah, she does that all the time" and then I took her home and tried and tried and tried but she wouldn't laugh for me. She was like, "why are you acting so weird mom just feed me ok?!"
One last thing. She has started talking (babbling) and it is sooooooo cute and funny. I've only been able to get a little of it on camera but I think she thinks she's having a conversation with me sometimes. She basically is. We talk about cool stuff like what we did that day, funny things daddy says, and poop. Poop has become a major topic of conversation around here.
Ok thats all for now. Enjoy the pic. This is the first time I've gotten her full smile on camera but she was nakey so I had to crop.
So anyway I just need to document a couple things here real quick.
A few weeks ago she figured out how to grab things and move them to her mouth. Now it's second nature and a good thing too because she's got some teeth coming soon (SHE IS A DROOL FACTORY) and it will be nice to have the ability to gnaw on stuff.
She's been chewing on her hands and fingers for a long time. She hasn't quite figured out that when she gags it's because she shoved that finger ALL the way in. At this moment she is sucking on her finger and the pacifier at the same time and doing a pretty darn good job of it.
She has just barely started noticing her feet! Today I turned around and caught her with one foot in each hand and she was like, "ok now how'my gonna get these in my mouth?" I tried to get a video but of course as soon as she heard the camera beep it was all over.
I think her favorite thing to do now is watch other kids play. We try to hang out in our apartment and even if I'm giving her my full attention she loses it after 30 minutes or so and wants OUT OF HERE!!!! So we'll go to a play group and she'll sit there for hours watching the kids run around.
Today I also heard her laugh for the first time!!!! Too bad it was the neighbor's babysitter who got her to laugh, not me. I just sat there like, "oh yeah, she does that all the time" and then I took her home and tried and tried and tried but she wouldn't laugh for me. She was like, "why are you acting so weird mom just feed me ok?!"
One last thing. She has started talking (babbling) and it is sooooooo cute and funny. I've only been able to get a little of it on camera but I think she thinks she's having a conversation with me sometimes. She basically is. We talk about cool stuff like what we did that day, funny things daddy says, and poop. Poop has become a major topic of conversation around here.
Ok thats all for now. Enjoy the pic. This is the first time I've gotten her full smile on camera but she was nakey so I had to crop.
