First off, I know that the dates on these posts can be confusing as I'm usually about a month off from when a post goes up. I keep notes during the month and then go back to write the full post later. So to be clear, this is from August 24 - September 25. I have notes for month 12 and I hope to write so that these aren't so late. Anyway, the past few months with her have been a lot of fun, so I guess playing with her instead of writing about it is a good excuse. Enjoy.
Lily is at such a good age now. She's lots of fun. She likes to laugh and seems to have some sort of sense of humor. She's mobile, but can't walk yet. I would venture to say that it's kind of easy right now. At least easier than it was and easier that it'll be when she can walk and climb things. I think it seems easier now too because Danielle and I are actually now fully used to being parents. It's getting to the point where the idea of Lily is being injected into our memories of the past. Subconsciously, Danielle was trying to figure out what we did with Lily when we went on vacation to Vegas a few years ago.
Lily's been doing a lot of learnin' around here. We've been trying to teach her some of the basic sign language things that you teach babies, like "more", "milk", and "poopie". We've only gotten to the first one, but I think she's getting it. When we are feeding her, we ask if she wants more in between spoonfuls and point with one finger to the other hand. We've been doing it for weeks if not months and one day she finally did it. I was actually very proud of her. I know I've said this before, but I'm really starting to understand the parental pride when your kid does something awesome or even just learns something new. Achieves something. Even if it is something like touching her palm with her pointer finger. Seems silly, but we know that she's learning. She doesn't do it all the time and I think she forgets about it, but I'm certian that she knows what it means. And when we're done with whatever we're feeding her, we do the sign for "all done", which is to rotate both hands back and forth as if you're saying something was "so-so". I also like to throw in "no mas". Maybe she'll pick up some Spanish too. Though not much more from me.
I think she's also learning a lot verbally too. When she's doing something she shouldn't do, we started telling her no. The cool thing is that she stops what she's doing and puts out her bottom lip and pouts and whines at you. Like she knows that she's in trouble. Sometimes she goes right back to what she was doing, but the concept of "no" along with some sternness when saying it is getting the point across. She also understands "I'm gonna get you" because that's all you have to say and she starts crawling the other way. We haven't figure out how to actually make her come to us yet though. As far as her verbal skills, it's still at "dada", "mama", and "baba", but just randomly, not in the context of "dad", "mom", and "bottle". I still love hearing "dadadadada" though. She's also developed this little monster voice when she babbles sometimes. She thinks it's funny.
It addition to all the other things, she's getting close to walking. She figured out how to stand herself up along the side of the couch and just loves to walk along the perimeter. It's just a matter of time until she figures out how to walk without it. And now she can go fully up the stairs and does so every chance she gets. We have to be careful about that. Every once in a while. she'll escape the corral and just book it, knowing that it won't be long before we catch her. And the first place she heads is the stairs. She can get up them, but hasn't figured out "down" yet. At least not the head first way. Now that she can stand, when she's in her crib in the morning and hears you coming, she gets so excited and it standing for you when you open the door to see her. I love that. I hope she gets excited to see us for a long time.
Overall, Lily is just a happy, energetic baby. Just always moving. It's ridiculous. Now that she has the clapping thing down real good, she claps whenever something exciting is happening or when there's clapping on TV. She'll stop what she's doing and just clap for a minute and then go on back to her business. The only time she's not moving is when we're feeding her. Everyone once in a while, she'll be looking out the window and just get stuck. Like she finds something so interesting that she can't look away. Like she's daydreaming. I hope she doesn't grow out of that.
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