Hey everyone - this is Dad and I'm taking a quick break at work to tell a couple stories. Bella has changed a LOT in the last few weeks so even if you saw her over the holidays, you'd only be able to pick her out of a lineup because she's still the cutest kid you've ever seen. Here are a few things we've witnessed recently:
1) She's starting to really master sign language. Tiffany and I wanted to teach her sign a long time ago and told Renee (our nanny) who took over. She now knows the sign for "eat", " more", "tubby", and "bye" (that counts as a sign). We're currently working on "thank you" and "milk".
1a) This has led to some pretty fun stories. The other day she finished her breakfast and put the "more" sign before the "eat" sign. Renee flipped out because she had two year olds at her day care that couldn't put two signs together.
1b) She also walked to the cupboard where we keep her goldfish the other day while Mom and Renee were talking, knocked on the door, and gave the "eat" sign.
1c) Just last night, after dinner, she gave me the "tubby" sign because she's starting to learn her daily routine. It wasn't quite time for her bath so I told her to wait and put her down in the living room. She walked over to the gate by the staircase, moved it out of her way, and flew up the stairs (yeah, she's climbing stairs now). She got about half way up and yelped for me to follow her.
2) As evidenced by the last story, she's getting a lot more mobile. Each day she gets more and more confident walking. She's getting a little faster each day too and it's not unusual for her to walk from the living room into the kitchen pretty quickly and without any help.
3) The Tiny One also understands a lot of English. Talking and interacting with her is very reminiscent of talking to an adult who has lost their voice. She's very responsive to things like "give Mommy her phone back", "put down Daddy's pen" or "can you give Welly a hug?" This morning she was eating her breakfast and had chipmunk cheeks but was pointing to her Welly's muffin. I told her she couldn't have a bite until she finished what was in her mouth - to which she replied by opening her mouth as wide as she could to show me it was empty!
4) She's done with formula and has started milk this morning. She's eating a lot of grownup food too and prefers food she can feed herself (whole green beans to green bean baby food). In the last couple of week's she's had corn, carrots, apples, pears, cake, hard-boiled eggs, hot dogs, mac & cheese, and today had her first taste of real chicken.
Anyway, time to get back to work. I just wanted you all to have those updates. I snuck it in at end of the last post and I'll sneak it in here too - but if you want to see any of this in person, get on skype and find us at "pneedham2" - Isabella really enjoys talking to people on Daddy's computer (ask Aunt Jen and Aunt Sara who are her most frequent online visitors).
Thanks for visiting!
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