I am discovering so many things about myself. I love to kick a soccer ball around when someone is helping me to walk. Dada loves that I love this! I can use my hands to feed Mama my toys or my food. When I am on my tummy, which I hate, I can push off of the ground with my hands which makes me a lot happier to be on my stomach. Sometimes when I do this, I can get onto my knees, almost in crawling position. I will rock back and forth but no real crawling just yet. I don't spend as much time on my tummy to get to that point. I love to stand and hold onto something and have become a lot steadier as this month as gone by. Mama says I am brave like my Imoo because when I go to fall, I don't get scared. Walking around holding onto someone has become a favorite pastime this month! Dada says I walk funny because of being in my walker. I lean my torso forward too much because I think I am in my walker! My tongue likes to stick out from time and time and I discovered that I can gum on it to make my teething hurt less. Mama and Dada have belly buttons! I like to stick my finger in them! They make funny noises when I do it too! I know how to tell Mama when I don't like something. I shake my head and say "Nanananananananana!" My parents don't like this, but I have learned to use my hands to hit myself in the head as well. When someone says clap, clap, clap, I now know to clap my hands together! I like to clap when I am happy about something as well. I know high five as well! When Dada reads to me, I can turn the pages for him! I get very impatient though and want to turn the pages before he is done reading the words! The buttons on the remote are pretty when I push them. They turn red! I am a really big girl now because I got my first big girl car seat! It is brown and mint green and HUGE! Mommy and Daddy couldn't take it anymore, putting me in my bucket seat car seat. I would protest and thrust my hips/legs forward, making it impossible for them to put my in my car seat. Not to mention, I would scream like a banshee! When I get really upset, I only want Mama! I laugh out loud when I see the puppets on my Baby Einstein DVD. If I have a diaper full of pee, I will not poop in it. I will poop immediately after I am placed into a clean diaper!
Many events happened that are the talk of the town these days! I went to my first St. Patrick's Day parade with my parents where we met up with Uncle Al and Aunt Kathleen. I met Aunt Kathleen's sisters there. We also went over to Aunt Kathleen's house for some great corned beef and cabbage(neither of which I had!). I went to my first trip to the zoo, the Bronx zoo with Uncle Licky and Alessio. We went to the petting zoo and the Madagascar exhibit. I just stared at the animals in awe! Went on the swings for the first time and I absolutely loved it! It was so much fun! I giggled and kicked my legs furiously out of excitement! The week of my Mama's birthday, I had a really rough week of sleep. Either growing pains or bad teething. My parents are glad that it was only a week and not a new phase! My Vo and Tati came to babysit while my parents went out for my Mama's birthday. Vo went to show me some pictures on the bookshelf where there was a nice hanging plant as well. I pulled on it and the whole thing fell on the floor. There was dirt all over my head, as well as Vo's. And this all happened 10 minutes before Mama went to pick up Dada at the train! Yikes!
Some things I like to eat:
- pizza crust
- cheese
- baked french fries
- avocado(Finally! Mama thinks that I just need time to enjoy certain foods.)
- black olives
- broccoli
- chicken
- turkey
- bread
Some things I don't like to eat:
- pastina
- cottage cheese
