1) In the last “Five things” entry, I mentioned that Reilly had learned to point with her index finger (instead of the middle one). She now applies this newfound skill as a form of communication, using her finger to point at things that she wants me to give her. For example, yesterday she had stuffed like seventeen Cheerios into her mouth, and didn’t have enough saliva to get them down, so she pointed to her sippy cup and looked at me imploringly.
2) At least once a day, Reilly will look up at us, hold her hands out, palms up, then shrug and say, “Doe?” She says it with a tone that implies she is questioning something.
3) Reilly is up to five consecutive steps now. Yesterday, Shawn and I sat across from each other and let Reilly practice walking back and forth into our waiting arms. At some point, she decided that five steps weren’t really necessary—just two big steps and a jump. She literally threw herself into Shawn’s lap. I’m afraid we’ve got a real daredevil on our hands.
4) Reilly grows chattier by the day. One of the new conversational tools she has is mimicry. For example, this morning, I said, “Hi bugaboo!” and she looked at me and said, “Bay-boo.” She’ll do this several times a day with different words. It’s thrilling.
5) When Reilly is hungry, we take her into the kitchen, strap her into the highchair, and make up some food for her. Lately, while she is watching us get her food out, she will say, “Munna, munnna, mun,” indicating to us that she is ready to eat.
A bonus, sixth thing you might not know about Reilly:
6) Reilly seems to have her own gravity. Whenever we are out, from the sidewalk to the subway, people come up to speak with her. They comment on her eyes or her hair or her jelly sandals, and then Reilly sends them away on their new orbit with a wave and a smile. She has the uncanny ability to change the mood of even the sternest New Yorker.
She'll be walking down the block soon (and saying "come on Dad")!
ReplyDeleteToo cute!
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