New Tricks

Erin is being her usual entertaining self these days...here are some of her newest tricks:

- Answering "no" or "yes" to most questions, though the answers don't really correlate to her feelings!
- Drinking from her sippy cups like a champ, usually one-handed. The bottles have been put away - they were just being used at daycare anyway. Now she is easily getting in all 20-24 oz. of milk a day, so she can also have some "juice" (watered down). Therefore, another new trick is:
- Wetting the bed at night...she soaks through her diapers. We got some special Huggies overnight diapers, and are 2 for 3 on those working so far this week.
- Lots of distinct babbles, but still just "da" for daddy and doggie.
- She will try a lot more food now, but her favorites are by far spaghetti and cheerios. We will still supplement with baby food if she doesn't get enough from real food - I hope that's not a bad thing.
- She will hand us her sippy cup from her high chair when she's not using it, because it cannot take up valuable real estate on her tray.
- She continues to be a big bookworm and is happy to bring us books all day long and throw them at us until we read them.
- Still not walking yet, but she will stand still for awhile before she falls over.

She and I had a great first week together without daycare. We stayed busy by going to library storytime, ran several errands, went on walks every day, went to the park, and also to Chick Fila with our neighbors. She had a blast in the play area! She's ready for a fun week ahead with her cousins and family from both sides. We're hoping attempt #2 at family pictures goes better tomorrow.