Week 14

Boy am I becoming such a big girl these days!  I am so much more coordinated with my hands.  Whenever something is in front of my hands, I can maneuver my hands to get close to it and grab it and hold onto it.  I even take whatever I grabbed and put it right into my mouth!  Watch out!  I like to grab people's hands and put them in my mouth also!  Usually before I grab an object, I stare it down very intently and purse my lips...just like Daddy does when he is playing guitar and concentrating on the music!  Another skill I have acquired is being able to sit propped up.  I also can sit in my Bumbo chair, although after 10 minutes, the enjoyment of it wears thin!

The play mat holds my interest so much more now that the mobile in my crib bores me.  I like being able to grab the toys on the play mat and enjoy the music and lights.  I swat at the toys and yell/talk to my animal friends with much more gusto than before.  I can stay under the play mat for as long as an hour now!  At times, I roll from side to side on it, sometimes forgetting that one of my hands is holding onto a toy hanging down!!!  Ha!  

I love when Mommy kisses both of my cheeks....it makes me giggle!!!  Because Mommy and Daddy take such great care of me, I have developed a bit of stranger anxiety.  I only want to be with them.  Especially when I am tired, hungry, or gasey.  My poor Vo and Tati felt the brunt of this stranger anxiety in the beginning of the week and I screamed like a mad woman when they came to babysit me so that my parents could go out.  Luckily, by the end of the week after much "vovarizing", I went to Vo and Tati with little struggle.  I even fell asleep a few times with Tati!!  I totally recognize Mommy's voice...depending on my mood, if I hear Mommy's voice, I cry for her.  As soon as I get into her arms, I become so peaceful.   When Mommy sings to me, I like to sing with her!  Whenever she sings "Pie with a Heart in the Middle", I stop fussing and listen to her with a wide-eyed look.  I love when she sings that song when its bed time!  Daddy usually puts me to bed after reading a story.