dvd & fireplace

She's been liking to get onto the fireplace and sit there and look at the dvd's that she pulled down. Then after that, today she climbed under the rack where the dvd player is and I wondered what she was doing. She had seen a ball behind there that she retrieved successfully.

She's been babbling like "bidha, bitha, bidha" and she's loving to look at pictures of herself and Baba that are up on the wall.

She makes the sound of "unh unh" a lot and that means she wants something. That little dog that's in the playpen in the above photo was on my top shelf in my locker and she saw it & did "unh- unh" and now she likes to carry that around & listen to the music it plays. But it can break so I have to be careful of her with it.

She seems to make the same sound when she sees a duck like a quack and a woof when she sees a dog. Then with B's picture she says something like dada sometimes. But she walks around seeing things she wants to see closer up or things to eat and she says "unh unh!"

T with dolls

She's liking to climb on the sofa (and the futon in her room) and sit there. The other day we had all her dolls out on the floor and then she wanted to sit up on the sofa so I put them all up with her and was able to snap this photo.

dancing

This week, I noticed she began to dance in place, moving her feet pretty fast in the same spot. I'll have to try & get video of it but it's mostly a foot dance without moving her body much. It's so cute.

kitchen cabinet & glasses

She'd done this before here and in Jordan but the other day she helped herself to taking out all the plastic containers and then getting into the cabinet & closing the door. Then later on, she took off her diaper and politely placed it in the same cabinet! She also likes to take off my glasses and put them on her face, all in one swooping motion. She can also get onto the futon in her room and sit there entertaining herself or waiting for me to read to her.

water slide

Today we went to a birthday party with a water slide. She loved it! I had to hold her down the slide part and she mostly enjoyed playing in the puddle that formed at the bottom. It was so cute and I had no camera to take the photos! Some of the kids were sliding into her and she just laughed at it. She had a good time eating some apple slices, cheese puffs, chicken tenders and macaroni & cheese. And the party was spongebob and she loves to look at him and point& smile so she enjoyed the decorations.

good night moon

I read an article about getting kids to sleep all the night (stuff which I knew already though) and it reminded me about doing a bedtime routine other than nursing--so I began reading "Buenos Noches Luna" each night to Senorita. Well she's of course still waking up 3 times a night, at the lastest time being around 6am. So a few days ago she cried out and I nursed her but she was kind of awake this time so she saw the book on the futon next to the rocking chair in her room. She wriggled out of my lap and walked over to get the book and slapped it down on my lap as if to say "Read this now!" It was so adorable that she was so determined to read this book! She loves it.

Tonight she was so sleepy after I bathed her I was going to not read it to her and I had put it on the changing table. When I sat down to nurse her she looked over to the changing table and pointed because she wanted to read it before nursing.

On another note, her top four teeth are coming out as I mentioned in the previous post. The left canine type tooth was the first to come down and then the front left one right after that. I thought they'd come out all the way before the right side but now they are all nearly even with each other--not all the way but just a part way out. And she LOVES to bite!

new things

Some new things that Senorita is now doing--putting her bottom lip out making herself look like an old toothless man. She did this on the ride during the evacuation and we laughed a lot at that.

She comes to me with her head down for me to kiss it, on her own, without me saying "besitos"

Muggy bought her some croc style shoes while evacuated (since I forgot to bring any for her) and now she loves to walk around the house in this shoes.

She is enjoying biting her toes and smiling. She also enjoys biting others and since she's getting her top 4 teeth (and has her 2 bottom middle ones already) it hurts a lot when she bites.

She can obey some commands and bring me things that we ask for, "donde esta tu muneca?" she'll bring her doll, etc.

She wakes up at least 3 times each night still and that's exhausting.

I'm cherishing every moment with her and so thankful to be able to see it in person.

Our camera doesn't seem to be working so I can't take any new photos of her teeth and crocs.

news

Well we had an evacuation on Aug 30 through Sept 4. Senorita did well for her first evacuation to TN. We took 12 hours to get to Chattanooga but that was because PawPaw had to go the scenic route; we didn't have traffic to warrant 12 hours. She stayed ok in the car seat without crying like before on her 5 minute rides. We gave her lots of snacks to keep her quiet.

She's still doing "mas" sign language and will do "leche" when nursing. She's so busy! Walking around digging and climbing and carrying and moving. My uncle in TN said she should be put to work at a factory ( but for those child labors laws! :> )

As I started this entry I saw her go into her room and heard her diaper bag rumbling. She came out with a diaper and gave it to me. She needed to be changed! What a character. Muggy bought her a little doll stroller at a flea market in TN and now she loves to push that around. She loves to wear sunglasses but hates the clips in her hair. We have to sneakily put one in and then play with her hands to avoid her from pulling it out.

She's had some injuries playing with a warm iron and got a little burn; she fell & hit her head this morning and had a red mark on her forehead; she grabbed the knife from the table and put it in her mouth before we could take it away. Praise God no injury from that incident. She's getting around the keyboard now so I'll have to quit for now