Is she Crawling???

We can finally answer YES to the question. Two weekends ago Brad put his phone across the room and she crawled towards it. Kinda funny that our phones motivate her more then us but what ever works. I never thought she would crawl, I'm sure every first time parent feels that way but it feels like it took forever. Now that's she's mastered crawling she moves to where ever she wants to go, pull her self up, walk around and then drop to her butt. It looks like she's hovering over a toilet the way she sticks her butt out waiting to drop to the ground. I'm assuming crawling means more energy from mommy is needed but I'm actually relieved. Yes she'll be a handful but she's independent and thats what I've been waiting for. She still likes to be cuddled when she first gets up but eventually she wants to be put down so she can get moving and she's great at expressing how she feels when I remove her from cords or the TV :)

We have been working on waving hello and good-bye and she started doing that this past month too. At times it's random and rarely does it when we ask but we wave good-bye to daddy every morning and wave hello to our Nanas and Papas over oovoo; she also likes to wave to the Wiggles when they are on and at times while she's eating dinner with us sitting right in front of her.

We are working on blowing kisses but at the moment she just makes a funny noise with her mouth trying to mimic the sound we make.

She still enjoys reading and likes to turn the pages on her own. We sit in her chair every day and read, I hope she develops a love of reading.

She is focused on everything she can't have - cords, TV, books, DVD player, keyboard...the list goes on. But I am still just so thankful that she can keep herself entertained now. I had a breaking point two weeks ago...I was determined for her to play on her own while I made dinner and did the dishes. I'd seen her sit and play quietly on her own before...she'd do it now for me right? Nope. Cried for 45 min straight, yelled, got all red faced and tears streaming out of her eyes. Lesson learned...I can't force her to be ready to be indepenant. Funny thing is that very next day she played on her own and has been every day since. Ya she still has her days when she needs more attention from me or Brad but she's able to play on her own. Just funny that I tried to make her do it and she did it when she was ready. I am really hoping that strong will will help her later on in life.

She is still sleeping like a champ. Goes to bed around 7:45ish and sleeps until 7:15. Lately she's been waking around 6:00 but goes back to sleep eventually, we're assuming her teeth are bugging her b/c she normally doesn't wake up before 7:00.

She's experimenting with her voice and it's hilarous. She sounds like she is trying so hard to talk, she babbles on and on while playing with herself and seems to be working on her B's. I love to hear her talking. When ever kosmo barks she tries to talk back to him, it's so cute. Even today she was eating lunch and I had the windows open. She heard a dog barking and would call back inbetween barks.

It's so fun to see her personality develop even more. The more I learn about her the more I see her daddy in her. She loves people and for the most part she's not shy. She normally warms up to people really fast. When ever I take her out she'll smile or laugh at who ever is looking at her.

We walk almost every day as long as the weather permits and she loves being outside. I can hardly wait for the grass to dry up to go play outside. The sun kinda scares me with her but I'll learn.

I've started weaning already. My goal is to be completly done nursing by 12 months. I've done my best and I think we are both ready. We just took away one feeding and she's handled it great. It's only been two days but so far so good.