Tonight at Bible Study Janie took 2 unaided steps to me. She was sitting on the floor, stood up, and walked with a big smile plastered on her face! Daddy was there to see it. I am so proud, I confess, I cried. Even though I didn't get a photo, I have the mental image burned into my memory. Go, Janie, go!
So I hear, my mom and dad had to bolt furniture to walls and put kitchen chairs in the garage to keep me from climbing on things and hurting myself. If there's a foothold of any sort, Janie is up and over. I guess I had it coming. (She sure is cute when she's being naughty : ) )
Janie has a set of animal flash cards, which she likes to match up with other items, such as a flash card with a cow on it to the cow from her farm puzzle, etc. One morning, she matched up her "doggies", but I didn't have my camera ready to go. I saw her crawling over to the dog with a card in her hand a day or so later, and I knew she'd done it again. So cute!!
Janie LOVES balloons!
Grinning at Little Einsteins -- the "Birthday Balloons" episode
Our little grinner monster -- sweet, snaggletooth Sweetie
Janie got to visit with Abby and Nathan on Jenny's B'day. We made her a cake.
Back at the Duck Park with Daddy -- one of her FAVORITE places to go.
She started this yesterday, and I caught it today. It seems like I'm coming closer and closer to losing "baby" Janie. I'm so proud of her. Go Janie, GO!!
We had so much fun at the twins' birthday party today! We didn't come prepared to swim, but Uncle Eliseo insisted. Janie took to it with gusto! Before today, she wanted nothing to do with pools. She had so much fun with her cousins.
Friday night we went to Liz's Fourth of July party. I thought she'd be terrified of the fireworks (which they did up big time), but she actually didn't mind much. She loved the sparkling and twinkling - right up her ally.
Janie is starting to test out some sounds (besides "b"). She says "guh" for dog, "cruh" for crunchies (Gerber snack), "luck" for milk, "a" for cat, "eh" for ear -- still no mama or dada, she just grins really big when she's prompted for these two. She can identify some face parts, some colors, and a lot of different animals from her little flash cards. GO JANIE! Daddy and I are so proud! Stats as of 7-6-09 are: 17 lbs. 1 oz., 28 1/2 inches long.
This VIDEO shows Janie's first attempts at speech. She'll only attempt to say words that begin with "B", and every attempt sounds the same - a raspberry. It's so cute, I can't stand it! She's really trying.
It was such a pretty morning, though very windy. The grass was wet, so she couldn't explore, but she had a blast watching the ducks, geese, pigeons, various swamp birds, sparrows, blackbirds, etc. all around her. Her new kick is to point out birds, usually flying, so this was a little slice of heaven to her. It is so much fun to watch her world get bigger and bigger. (Thanks for going with us, Gammy!)
