i love to talk!

Hi everybody,

Just thought I'd write a quick note to say how much I love this new thing I'm learning about called language!

Here are some things I've already learned to say:
Cocoa
Dog
Uh-oh

Here are some things I say all the time but haven't quite narrowed down their exact meaning yet:
Dada
Mama
Baba

And here are things I can copy other people saying, but Mommy's wondering if I really understand them or not. I almost always say them at the right time, but a lot of times it's right after someone else:
Thank you (ok, it's more like "nkyu" when I say it)
Cheerios (Chee!)
Juice (Chu!)

I also have about 16 different ways to laugh, which is a whole language in itself! Mommy's favorite is when I just crack up and laugh out loud uncontrollaby. Usually I do that when she's being silly or tickling me....I mean, not that I'm ticklish or anything....

Um, gotta go!
~wmg

I'm getting so big!

Hi everyone!

Since I'm a whopping TEN months old now, I thought I'd write a little update on all the grown-up things I've been doing lately:

1) Feeding myself! I bet you all knew that wouldn't take long to learn! I love to feed myself cheese, toast, Cheerios, little veggie puffs, teething biscuits, and even cookies when I can get my hands on them. I still eat anything Mommy & Daddy put in front of me, and I am really quick with the finger foods!

2) To help with all that eating, I decided it was finally time to grow some teeth! My very first one started coming in last month, and now I'm working on number 3! Mommy and Daddy have been trying to get some pictures of them, but I've been a little bashful about it--that's my way of keeping everybody wanting to see more! You can see the bottom two here if you look closely.

3) I've finally made my peace with tummy time. I haven't quite learned to crawl yet, but I can get almost anywhere eventually by scooting, rolling & stretching really hard! Sometimes I even scoot backwards a little. Turns out, tummy time isn't so bad after all when I'm surrounded by my favorite toys.

4) I'm still saying "Cocoa" sometimes, and now I can say "Uh-oh," too. To make sure I get plenty of practice with that one, I play my new favorite game: the dropping game! Sometimes I even hide my Cheerios in my highchair say "uh-oh" about that. I'm also starting to imitate Mommy and Daddy, even when I don't know what they're saying. It's all grown-up to me!

5) Drinking from a cup! Mommy has started trying to get me to drink my milk out of a cup, which I'm not all that pumped about, even though I'm good with the cup itself. In my opinion, cups are for water & 'juice' (Mommy waters down my juice a lot and thinks I don't notice). Milk still belongs in a bottle!!!

6) Dancing! Anytime I hear music, I start bopping up and down, even if it's just a commercial on TV or Mommy or Daddy singing silly songs to me. In fact, sometimes I sing to myself, and I dance then, too!

7) Clapping! I LOVE to clap. Last week, I was also learning to wave Hi and Bye, but I've decided clapping really covers all those bases. So whenever Mommy or Daddy come in the room, they get a big round of applause from me! Of course, I clap when they leave, too...so I can get back to my sneaky ways...

Speaking of getting back to my sneaky ways...I think I'd better do that right now! I'll check in again soon!

~wmg