Some New Stuff

Okay - I've got about 10 seconds...so let's see...

Bailey now responds to her name! It's seriously the cutest thing in the entire world! When you say her name, she stops what she is doing and looks all around for the source of her name. When she finds the person who was speaking to her, she usually smiles or gives some other form of acknowledgement. Really, really cute...

She's also figured out how to "crawl" on her back. This is a brand new development - as of just a couple of days ago and was really only perfected last night. She's been on her belly for some time, but is unable to move forward (except in very small bursts). Well, as a precursor to crawling, she is figuring out how to do the inch-worm along the floor on her back. It's very, very cute...and at some point, we'll get it on video.

Hmmm...what else...OH...she's eating solid foods regularly! She has cereal and fruit in the morning at day care and then veggies at night with us. She's a big fan of everything...pretty much, there isn't a food that she doesn't like. In fact, when she sees her bottle these days, she gets so excited. A couple of times, she's actually drooled!!!

She's starting to laugh, finally. Miss. B has always been kind of serious. It takes quite a bit to make her smile (unless you are her Mommy...and then she doesn't stop smiling!). But recently, it's almost like she's figured out that she can laugh. It's not a "real" laugh...pretty much it's just a loud exhalation of air, coupled with a smile. But it's deliberate and it's in response to something she finds funny.

She's such a determined little girl. When she finds something she wants, so doesn't stop until she gets it. Our glasses are a prime example. My lord. She just won't leave them alone. We are working on stopping her from doing the slimy-finger grab, but it hasn't sunk in yet. We're not going to yell or hit her, so it takes a bit of work. Every time she does it, we grab her hand and calmly say "Bailey, stop" while removing her hands from our glasses. She looks at us and will stop for a while...but she always comes back. It's an interesting dilema...because we're not going to try to discipline a 5 1/2 month old child. She just doesn't understand that yet. So...we are working on it and eventually, she'll get it...

I think that's all the major changes...