1 She's talking. Crazy. Last weekend she was saying "hi" a lot. She is really good at imitating us, though, so we didn't really think she was saying it as a word, just a sound. By the end of the weekend everyone was telling us that they were convinced she was using the word properly in context. It took us a while, but Dustin and I now proudly agree that she is, in fact, saying hello to people she sees. She will extend her arm, turn her palm up and say "hi" as clear as day. She expects a response, too, and will say it again if the person she's talking to doesn't acknowledge her. In the past couple days she's convinced us that she also says Kona's name. I take her outside with me to play fetch with Kona and I say, "Go, Kona, go!" Now, before I say it, she does. It sounds more like, "go, go, go. Goa, Goa," but she is definitely saying both "go" and "Kona." She'll also say "Goa" when Kona comes into the room. (Still trying to catch these on video. She does NOT speak on demand.)
2 She's walking....with assistance. For the past month or so she perfected standing up without holding onto anything. She didn't have any real desire to move, just to stand and balance in one place. That changed a couple of days ago. She will grab onto her push car and walk her way around the kitchen with Kenzie steering her in the right direction. She wants to move fast, too.
Please pardon the baggy shirt and over-sized sweats. We don't get dressed up on weekends.
(Okay, we never get dressed. up.)
3 She climbs. This one is a parenting bummer. Kenzie was never a climber and that made things easy for me. Kaia is into everything and wants to climb on everything from the dishwasher door, to boxes and stairs. The other day I caught her happily perched on the first step. She turned and smiled, so proud. Yikes.
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| This is her getting down from the stairs. She was standing up on that first step! |
5 In just two months she will be a year old! Wow. That is the most amazing thing of all.
Go Kaia!
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