All New Things

Lilah and I have been back east now for almost two weeks.  We spent the first weekend at Mimi and Papa's house in Atlanta and got to play with Jonas' sister and family.  Lilah loved seeing her young cousins!  They were so sweet playing together.  Since being home in NC, she has also taken a particular liking to my nephew Ben, who is seven.  He is usually the least affectionate of my sister's kids, but has also taken a particular liking to Lilah in return.   She especially loves kissing him, and he actually doesn't mind it.  Pretty cute!

She has learned an amazing number of things over the past two weeks - it's hard to keep track of them all with my baby's first year calendar so far away!  When were first got to NC, she started repeating a lot of sounds people made.  Saying ha ha ha, and uh-oh mostly.  I'll try to post a video.  She is starting to crawl more on her hands and knees now for short distances.  She still goes to her belly if she wants to go far or fast, but is able to stay up if she needs to.  She pulls up all the time and is becoming more stable on her feet.  She cruises around the edges of the playpen, but to change sides she will sometimes just dive for the middle, grab the top of it and pull herself up again.  Pretty strong baby.  Today she climbed her first step, and it was a big one.  My parents have a step leading out of the kitchen, and it has been a barrier in itself the past week to keep Lilah in the room, but today she follow Ben right into the hallway.  

We have been swimming a lot over the last week, and Lilah loves the water.  I think it's helping her sleep like a rock - I haven't gotten up once in the night since we've been here.  Diaper changes have become nearly impossible.  It has been increasingly difficult over the last several weeks but today it took me so long just to pin her down for ten seconds even.  It's especially bad with the dirty diapers.  What a mess!

It's been a lot of fun telling Jonas about each of the new things she does each day.  We miss him and it will be really neat to see him again.  I am curious to see how Lilah will respond.  I think she'll go nuts!

The second video features Lilah crawling like a normal child.  Hurray for cleaner shirts that don't have to mop the floor!