Dear Emi-
Wow how time does fly. You have been changing this past month faster than your dad and I can keep up with. For starters your mode of transportation has evolved rapidly. You started the month getting around by laying on your belly and pushing yourself backwards. The more you tried to get something in front of you, the further backwards you would go. You often got stuck with your legs on either side of a corner or under furniture and we had to rescue you. Soon you were up on all fours and bouncing. You then would get a few inches forward, and by August 11- you had put it all together. Here you are showing off your stuff.
From crawling you moved onto pulling yourself up to a stand and even taking a couple steps holding onto things.
Another thing that has been changing daily is all the new sounds you make. Your dad taught you how to breathe in and out of your nose to try to get boogers out. You then started doing it all the time by scrunching up your nose, giving a big gummy smile and breathing as fast as you could in and out of your nose. The next noise that became your favorite was sucking in your breath like you were surprised or shocked by something. By the end of the month, you learned to clap your lips together to make a funny noise . . .
You also developed quite the babbling vocabulary as seen here after getting excited by a box.
Another thing that we could barely keep up with this month was your changing appetite. You went from happily eating your pureed foods to spitting them out and wanted to use the spoon yourself. We then knew we had to start some foods that you could feed yourself. Here is one of your first few attempts at finger foods, and while you did not get much of it in your mouth- you clearly loved the new foods. We also decided to take your shirt off for those early feeds because it was soooo messy!
Each day you continue to surprise us, make us laugh, and remind us how you won’t be a baby for much longer. It is so fun to see the little person you are becoming and while you are quick to let us know when you are unhappy about something, (mostly when you are hungry, thirsty or do not want to take a nap) you are generally very smiley, curious and busy exploring everything. You still get very quiet and observant in new situations, but venture out once you feel comfortable. You also have gotten a bit shy with new people, but eventually let them hold you (especially if they have something that interests you like shiny buttons or a pretty necklace). You say all sorts of things like mamama, dadada, bababa, ooooohh and occasionally say things that sound like words (even once saying oh-ba-ma: which I tell people you already know who the president is). If I am out of your site- you will yell MA!, and then give me a big smile when you see me. You also love pointing at people’s noses and have even tried to pick a few. I can’t wait to see what the next month brings.
Love, Mom
