So What’s New?

If I were better about blogging, I could probably write a post every few days about something new Lexie’s learned. The speed at which she picks up new skills and knowledge is unreal. Imagine if we all kept on learning at that rate throughout life!

Last week was the big one – Lexie took her first steps!!! It was just a little while after Andy and I got home from work Wednesday night, June 14th. What an amazing feeling it was to see her stagger across those few feet with the biggest, proudest, most wonderful smile on her face! We’ve spent as much time as possible since then encouraging to do it more and more, and her improvement in just that short span of time has been quite impressive, I must say.

But the walking is only part of it. She’s climbing up (and down!) the stairs (with Mommy or Daddy right behind, of course). She’s using her own spoon more and more to eat her oatmeal, yogurt and fruit purees (though just as much ends up on her tray, her hands and in her hair as in her mouth).

While just over a month ago you couldn’t get her to sit still for one minute to “read” a book, now she  climbs into our laps and stares intently at the pages, pointing at her favorite pictures (ducks are always a favorite).

And then there’s the talking. It’s been some time since she’s mastered Dada, Mama, “yeah,” and “no.” Then there was “dog,” “duck” and “ball.” Adorably, her latest thing is animal noises. Just a week or two ago, she started saying, “baa” and “moo” when asked what the sheep or cow says. Today, she added a new one  - “neigh” – for horses. It’s unreal (and impossiby cute) to be flipping through a book with her and have her see a picture of a sheep and say “Baa!” It’s to die, seriously.

It just keeps getter better and better, doesn’t it?

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