Stacking the blocks

So she really got the hang of the whole "stacking the bugs" thing today. She understands that flat side goes on flat side, so she'll rotate the bug around until the flat side is down, and place it top of the other one. Picture there at the top gives you a pretty good idea of what I'm talking about. Of course, after I cheered for her with each successive bug, she began cheering for herself. I love my child.

Other big news...she went pee-pee in the potty today, as well. We have a small potty seat that fits over our normal toilet seat, and gives her a smaller hole as well as a soft cushion (with a duck on it) on which to conduct restroom business. She'd been snapping little toots for a bit, so I decided to see if she needed to go potty. Popped her up there, gave her a book to look at (she's gonna be so much like her daddy), and I immediately heard her urinating into the water below. Of course, I clapped and cheered and shouted "hooray" and "yeah," while she looked at me wondering if I'd gone mad. I was SO proud. Her momma came in a minute or two later (back from the gym) and caught the excitement. Our baby is great, and we are unspeakably grateful to God for blessing us with this child.

Baby update

So it's the first Allison update I've pt on here in 6 months, which means I've missed recording a WHOLE lot of stuff. The sole motivation behind this blog was that it provided a means of recording the developments in her new life. Anyways, I'll get better.

Today she stacked some blocks on her own, and even began to clean them up all by herself! That's a pretty big deal around here. She was playing with her stacking blocks (bugs), and she started putting them back in the bag by herself. We sang the cleanup song, and I held the bag while she put all the bugs into it.

In recent weeks, she's learned to walk backwards, to sip from her cup and then go "ahhhh!", to mimic sounds, etc. She has gone through most of the sounds, from 'guh' to 'ee' to 'ah' to 'ss.' She wants to talk, but she can't just yet. She can, however, understand most things we say to her. She understands "outside," "go to your room and bring a book to read," "eat," "up/down," and so many more. She knows what a duck is by sight, and will tell you if you ask her "what's that?" She'll also tell you what noise a cow makes, although it's just a drawn out "mmmmmmm." still waiting on the "oo." So much fun.