Baby Babble

Matti has been trying so hard to communicate with Matthew and I lately. Sometimes the expressions on her face when she wants to talk, but nothing will come out are priceless. I cannot help but crack up. She loves to voice her opinion! I have a video clip of her protesting. I fed her spaghetti for lunch and had to strip her down in the kitchen before I could bring her to her room for new clothes. She had spaghetti everywhere. I put her in her crib while I got some clothes together and this is what happened:



She has been really babbling up a storm. Mama, Dada, Nene, baable, gaagaaa, etc.
She even looks at us as if she is trying to tell us something and if we do not understand she starts to cry. I feel like she might even be trying to tell us what she wants now, but of course we cannot understand her. She still has not started to point yet. We can tell her to go find a popular object and she will hunt for it and if she finds it she will hold it up with a big grin on her face.

She still only has two bottom teeth. We are still waiting on the top to come in. Although I feel it will not be long. She seems to be getting a rash on her chin and started drooling a lot again. I will be so excited to see some top ones. We have only been wiping her teeth with a wash cloth at night, but I guess it is time for a toothbrush. I want her to have good dental hygiene habits so we will start early!

Matti still eats pretty much everything except Green Beans. For some reason she absolutely refuses to eat them. If I put them in her mouth she will just spit them out. I tried mixing them up with chunks of potato and she will eat right around them. I sat and watched her pick up the green bean and throw it in the floor and them pick up a potato and eat it. She is too funny! Oh, by the way, she still falls asleep when she eats. It does not matter what time of evening it is. Here is a picture from the other night.



Matti has also been pulling up and cruising for some time now. She is starting to let go of furniture to find herself standing all alone for a brief period of time. She will also take a big step from place to place without holding on. I am sure she will be walking by her 1st birthday.

Speaking of 1st birthday I have already started thinking how in six weeks I will have a one year old. WOW- a whole year! I have caught myself looking at birthday party invitations and a special party outfit for her. OMG!

We visited nana and papa in Mount Airy this weekend. Matti was an angel (of course). She actually slept until 7:30am on Saturday and then 7:45am on Sunday. It was amazing. I have not been able to sleep in for a long time. I felt so rested.
She had a wonderful time. We had her pictures made on Saturday afternoon in her Carolina Cheerleader uniform and also had a fall picture made. Here is a picture of her in the uniform right before we left to go to Ann Katherine's photography!



On Sunday we dressed her up in a Halloween costume and made a few photos. She did not like the hood on her head at all. It was very difficult to keep that on. She kept wanting to pull it off. She was a good sport through all of this.

10 Months and Cruisin

Matti has had several things happen over the past couple of weeks. We FINALLY have two bottom teeth which I have not been able to get a photo of because she will not be still long enough or she will cover them with her tongue. They popped up out of nowhere. I have a feeling she is getting ready to cut the two top teeth pretty soon. She is drooling more than usual and every now and then she acts like it hurts to put pressure on her gums.
Matti also has been crusing around the house holding onto funiture. Just this weekend she has been getting very brave and letting go of the funiture and standing by herself, only for seconds until she finds out she is not holding on to anything then she plops down on her bottom. She also will test her limits and cruise from one piece of furniture to the next taking one giant step without holding on to anything. It will not be long before I have a walker in the house. She crawls so fast I am almost afriad for her to walk because I know it will be full speed ahead.
Matti has also started saying Dada finally. I think Matthew melted this weekend when she said dadadadada. It is so funny because you can see her face and she is trying so hard to get that d sound out. That I will have to get on video soon.
Sleep habits are still great. Matti sleeps through the night, but is up before dawn. Bedtime for her is around 7:30pm and 8:00pm. She is completely exhausted by then. I have tried to keep her up a few mintues long trying to see if she will sleep a little longer in the am, but it does not work. She simply is just ready to go at 5:45am. I have come to deal with that. Now, she wants to play as soon as her feet hit the floor. No more exersaucer for her. It has gotten boring to her because she is so mobile. Although I have been putting her in the pack n play more with a bunch of toys just to get a break and catch my breath. She seems to be okay with that for short periods of time. I usually can get about thirty minutes of freedom without her pulling on my legs.
Matti also had her first school pictures made a few weeks ago. She did such a great job. She smiled really big almost like she knew she was posing for a picture. I will hopefully have those soon to pass around.
Another short note, Matti's teacher at school tells me every day how Matti is the class clown. They call her a comedian. She keeps the class and her teacher in stitches. I would love to be a fly on the wall for a whole day at school to she what she gets herself into. I think she is like her Aunt Kiki (Erika) who always has a punch line!

I have a short video of her pulling all the tupperware out of a kitchen cabinet. I left one cabinet just for her to play in. This seems to keep her occupied for a while.