She just seems more aware, more intelligent every day. Less like a baby, and more like a tiny little person with a developing sense of humor.
She's been sitting longer for stories...whole books, and sometimes several in a row. She really pays attention to Elmo's voice or Cookie Monster (she's actually the only member of my family that thinks my attempts are even valid at Cookie Monster or Elmo's voices, though I can perform a very convincing 'Zoe'). She eagerly answers Elmo's questions by pointing to the right picture, laughing with excitement..... or possibly, she is just laughing at how silly I sound.
She has this new face of shared humor...both hands covering her mouth, which is open wide showing her few and very crooked teeth, as she snickers and wrinkles her nose, eyes sparkling. It is so. cute.
I love laughing with her.
Usually when I walk into her room to get her up, she's standing at the end of her crib, jumping up and down, dancing with her shoulders, the light is on...because she can reach the switch from her crib, and she is laughing wildly. And of course, I can't stop laughing either.
We read several animal stories today, lots of dogs and cats. In fact one of her new words today was "doggy". She of course, loves books about animals and the sounds they make. And lately, she's been eagerly trying to imitate more of their sounds... "Baaah," and "Meeeowwwweeeeeowwwwww," and "Cheep cheep," and her favorite...
"Rrrrrahrrrr."
She's always loved anything that roars. Our soft lion mask has been a favorite toy/costume of hers for a while now. When she puts it on, all you can see are her big eyes behind the holes in the mask. She crawls around delightedly 'scaring' us with her ferocious 'growl.'It's actually not very loud; it's more like a whisper. A very serious whisper-y growl.
