Looking toward Thanksgiving

In which I roll over, laugh, start jumping, explore my toes, and move to Grandma's house.

Somehow, Mommy didn't think she needed to update this for almost two months. I finally convinced her to continue my story. At least she has been cataloging it with pictures and short videos. (The video clips are too long to upload. I will have to figure out a different way to share them.)

I have changed so much. I don't mind being on my tummy now because I can look all around twist myself and grab things and roll over if I am tired of playing on my tummy. Mostly though, if I am tired, I either just lay my head down or holler until someone flips me on my back. Then up go the legs, I grab my toes and then I can really move. I can twist over 90 degrees and turned on a mobile by pushing buttons with my feet. I used the uprights from my tummy time mat to steady my leggs. It was also great for twisting against. After I mastered the buttons on the mobile with my toes, then I pushed them with my hands too. If you look in the background of this picture, you can see the buttons I pushed.

I can't forget about my favorite new toy. The Jump-a-roo is excellent fun. I can bounce so high, the springs are not stretched at all! I try to get some air time several times every day. One day, my neighbor, Dotty May came over to play. It looks like she is eating my fingers, but she is just watching me.

This is so fun, Mommy and Daddy are going to mail my Jump-a-roo across the country so I can use it at Gram and Grandpa Farrington's at Christmas time. I suppose that is only because we are in the middle of a move. After Christmas we are going to some place called Japan. All I know is it is a long airplane flight away.

One of my favorite activities is bath time. I grew out of my infant bath and graduated to a big girl bath, and at Grandma's the whole tub. I sit up and play with my toys or toes for a while then, when I am thirsty, I lie down for drinking (cleaning) time. I steal gulps of delectable bath water and kick water out of the tub while Mommy tries to clean me. by the time I get out, my toes feel funny. Mommy calls them pruney toes. Because it takes two hands to give me a bath, you will have to be satisfied with a picture of me grabbing my toes on the bed.

I like studying myself in the mirror. I haven't figured out which my best side is, but it is nice to be able to look at the person holding me whithout having to turn my head. When I smile, the person in the mirror does too. I am pretty sure that is because it is me.

This is Syndey and I. We are only four days apart, but I am much bigger than she is. What I can't figure out is how she sleeps for 10 hours every night. I still like to get up at LEAST once a night and normally more than that. The disadvantage is I am sleepy during the day more frequently than she is and I need more naps.

I just checked the video files and all the movies are too long to upload. Oh well. Pictures will have to do.

Yesterday, Mommy and Grandma Bird went Christmas dress shopping. Then came home with a red one that I drooled on and a white one I spit up on. Soon there will be a picture of me in at least one of them.