Love, bubs and life on our little farm

Its been a busy time for little one - she now has 6 teeth, including those front top ones now! So no more cute vampire smiles (we managed to catch the smile above before the top teeth grew longer).

She took her first steps 2 days after her 9 month bday. They were a pretty wonky two steps but they were definitely solo! She is still doing it but seems to have lost her confidence and takes a lot of encouragement. She is still however, zooming around everywhere with her walkers. She jams them into furniture and pushes and pushes trying to make them go – sometimes she is successful and ends up pushing the furniture along with her, other times she is most definitely stuck and she cries in frustration, which makes me laugh. She also loves to take the walker off the verandah and onto the grass where of course it barely goes. She is determined to get it across the yard though.

She is also pointing at everything. She loves to point at the cats. She will also point to Mummy or Daddy in her little plastic covered photo if she is asked where they are. The other day she was pointing at a photo of herself and saying “bub bub” – very cute! She also claps at the right point of “If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands” – we were very pleased to capture that on video!

She has been a little fussy lately and off her food a bit. A visit to the Dr’s confirmed she had sore ears so she is now on some antibiotics. I have also found that finger food is more enticing for her so she now has toast in the morning and cheese sandwiches at lunch and I have cooked up chicken nuggets which she loves (chk breast pieces dipped in greek yogurt and rolled in breadcrumbs).

She has discovered that doors open and shut and sits there for ages pulling them back and forth. She tries to brush her hair with her little comb. She also eats tissues whenever she can – if I am not around she sits there pulling them out of the box and stuffing them straight into her mouth. They are very hard to get back out again!

I really feel she understands so much now. Its an amazing feeling to really communicate with her. I am very excited for the next few months and all the new exciting changes that are coming.