Playing Around

There's not much new going on around here the past few days.

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Andrea is adjusting well to daycare; they say she didn't cry the past two days when Daddy left, and she's been napping a lot better. They also say that she loves playing with the other babies! They are working hard to get her standing up and walking (same here), because she can't move up to the toddler room (around 16 to 18 months of age) unless she is walking by then! Unfortunately, today she had a crawling accident--she got herself tripped up on the corner of a mat, and whacked her head on the hard floor. Ouch! Andrea now has a lovely little bluish-purple bump on the right side of her forehead. But they put ice on it, and gave her lots of hugs and kisses, and she is just fine. :))

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Andrea had her first real MEAL of pizza last night. I cut it up into bite-sized pieces, and put it on her tray. She loved it--not only the taste, but the freedom to manipulate all the little pieces as she wished! This, of course, turned into a fine mess by the time she was done. When she got tired of eating, she starting flinging handfuls of left-over pizza bites all over the floor. Then she told me she was "aw done." It would be nice if she would say it before she starts the flinging; then Mommy could just remove the offending substance, right? Hah. Anyway, here's Andrea while she was still enjoying her pizza.

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Tonight I had the camera out to capture a game that Daddy and Andrea came up with. I guess you could call it, "Hey, who stole my milosh?" (Milosh--pronounced me-loash--is Daddy's silly word for pillow.) Daddy lays on the floor with a pillow from the couch; Andrea crawls over and yanks it out from under his head; Daddy says, "Hey, who took my milosh?"; Andrea grins and plops her head down on the pillow; then Daddy tickles her/wrestles the pillow back from her; and the game starts again. It's cute, unless you're an exhausted Mommy who really does want to curl up with a pillow on the floor, and Baby runs over and pulls it away from you (EVERY TIME!). :))

http://media.putfile.com/Pillow-Thief

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Then Daddy decided that he wanted a turn to play with the camera! These are the ones that turned out:

"I've got your milosh!"

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(Say CHEESE!)

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Hugs and Kisses for Mommy

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"Eye?" (one of her favourite words)

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Speaking of Andrea's favourite words, Daddy encouraged her to say a few for the camera/video. She actually says lots of words now, and copies a lot of things we coax her to say, but these are some of her favourites.

http://media.putfile.com/Some-of-Her-Words

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One last thing: no exaggeration--the digital camera is falling apart from overuse! I've had it for 3 years as of last month, and it's starting to show some definite signs of wear. Tonight, it stayed ON and would not shut off till Daddy fiddled with it. Then, the batteries fell out of it! But that's been happening for ages--the battery compartment hinge is so loose, the batteries fly out of it all the time. Geez. But if I get a new one, I'll want it to be high-quality. High quality equals high price, so I hope this camera will hang in there for a while yet!