The first video is one that I took yesterday. You love pushing things around and using them as a walker. You especially love to use boxes. Sometimes you wipe out (I caught a spectacular wipe-out on this clip...yikes) but you get right back up and keep going. You are resilient, even though sometimes my heart skips a beat when I see you fall. I am learning to stay calm, unless you indicate that you are hurting. This takes a lot of self-control on my part, since I can't help but wish that I could protect you from any type of pain.
A few other new skills that you have mastered lately are standing on your own (for up to 10 seconds all by yourself...I hope to video that soon) and imitating noises we make. Here is a video I took recently. I tried to get you to imitate a "clicking" noise, since that is one of your favorites. You were more interested in grabbing the camera (it is such a distraction!) but I got a little bit of your imitation on film. Sorry that you have dried food on your face in the close-up shot...Mommy obviously did not do the best job of wiping off your face after lunch. My favorite part of this video is your joyous smile at the beginning. It melts me every time! You are full of smiles each and every day.
You are also showing us that you know many more words. You point at many objects that we name. Some your favorites are "duck" since you love your rubber ducky in the bath and "ring" since you love grabbing at the wedding rings on our fingers. It is so exciting to know that you understand what we say. We think that you have said the words Mama and Dada with intent, but it is still a little hard to know with 100% certainty. I love that we are beginning to communicate with words, though. It is so exciting! I love you so much, dear Quinn, and hope to get this blog more up to date. You slept well last night. Let's keep that going so I have more energy to blog, ok?
