How is she just two short months away from turning ONE?!?!
(technically, it's only a month and a half)
So much has changed in the last month!
Most importantly....she walks! Yes, you've probably seen the video, so you already know, but we're still startled, surprised, terrified, all that. She took her first steps at the end of August, just a few steps here or there, and it seemed that most of the time, she didn't really know what she was doing. Fast forward three weeks and she is walking across the room, and then turning around and going back. She is clearly proud and delighted with herself. The only downside for her is that she *thinks*she can also run, which she can't, so earlier today she got her first bloody lip in an unsuccessful bid to run across the room at daycare.
She scales baby gates. We're about to invest in a new one because the one we have has these little footholds that she uses to her advantage, and then pulls herself up onto the top of the gate. Except that on the other side of the gate is the stairs...going down.
She climbs and then falls out of her crib. She only did this once but that was enough. One morning, shortly after figuring out that mom wasn't coming to get her even though she was awake and making noise, she decided to remedy the situation herself. So she launched herself over the railing of her crib. She might have fallen to the floor, but she got what she wanted, when I heard the thump followed shortly by the screaming, I went running. End result: no bumps, no bruises, and she's no worse than she was before. We, however, are hoping that with the mattress moved all the way down, it will be awhile before we have a repeat performance.
Clearly this child has no sense of self-preservation.
She also has these adorable conversations with herself that are very animated and lively. Of course no one knows what she is saying, but it's very important...obviously. But she does say "uh oh", "dada", something like "mama", and when she is angry at us for taking something away, she has "nanana", which we assume is her version of no. Speaking of which, she no longer laughs when told no, now she screeches, and then throws herself onto the floor face down in an impressive yoga move where she cries for a few seconds and then realizes it's not working and moves onto the next task.
The only time the kid stays still is when she is sleeping. So clearly, we are exhausted, and she is busy...all the time.
