New things this month:
-She's getting better at mimicking sounds and copying motions. If you say "yay!" she claps. If you say "hi," she waves. She says 'dada' for both parents and 'mama' for food. She always says 'wassat?' (what's that?) and it's usually accompanied by pointing at something. Our new neighborhood has quite a few dogs so shortly after moving in she learned to say "dog woof woof." She says it any time she hears a dog.
-Speaking of pointing, she just started that this month too. She started only using her left hand for a few days but now she points all the time with either hand. Here she is pointing at the snow falling outside.
(She started doing that cheesy smile for the camera and I think it's hilarious.) And yes, I dress her in velour track suits. Speaking of which, here's another nice one.
-She has developed a little bit of 'stranger danger.' It's not too bad, mostly when she's tired or something and mostly toward men. I don't want her to get too clingy but I secretly love when I'm the only person she wants. I like being her favorite.
-She had her first Halloween this month. Unfortunately we were moving that day so we didn't get to show her off at the ward party or take her trick-or-treating. (Is it even allowed to take a baby around to collect candy when they can't eat it? Do people look down on you because they know you're just going to eat it all yourself?) Anyway, she won't remember it so it's ok. I still snapped a couple pics of her in her costume.
My mom just happened to have this purple unicorn costume in her closet so that's what Berkley got to wear!
Cutest little unicorn ever! She also enjoyed 'helping' with the move.
-Her first top tooth came in this month so now she has three total. It's a big one too. Since getting her bottom teeth, she often pushes her chin forward. It makes her look like she has this weird grimace but I think it's just more comfortable for her. Hopefully it will go away once she has a full set of chompers.
-Her hair has grown a lot and is getting curly in the back. Zack has curly hair so we'll see what happens.
-She pooped in the tub for the first time this month. I was so shocked I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It was hilarious but also disgusting and I had to clean it up. Eww. I'll spare you the picture of the actual thing, but here she is totally pleased with herself afterward. (Don't worry, I sanitized the tub and the toys and everything before putting her back in.)
She does love the bath though and gets super excited as soon as I turn on the water.
-She loves being outside, she always has. She'll just sit there and watch the cars, birds, clouds, dogs, trees, etc. I'm sad it's getting too cold to go out.
We have loved bundling her up for the cold even if she doesn't love it. She just looks so darn cute.
-She's super good at kicking off shoes, pulling off headbands and hats, and even pulling out her ponytail if she realizes it's up there. She hasn't quite figured out how to get the mittens off yet though and it's kind of funny to watch her try and grab things with them on.
-We finally broke down and got her a real highchair. We were just using the bumbo on top of a chair but since she can get out of the bumbo we thought it would be safer to get something that will restrain her. Plus, we have room for one now! She loves it and we love just putting food on the tray and letting her shovel it into her mouth. She loves to eat and definitely prefers table food over baby food these days. On the first day of real snow Zack brought in a snowball for her.
-She loves the mirror and usually waves at it.
Here are a few more pics I have of her 'helping' with the laundry. (Our laundry is down in the dungeon aka the unfinished basement.)
She's just a curious little girl and I love watching her learn new things every day!
