Nananananana!

Last night Papa and I were sitting at the dinner table, crafting an email to the apartment leasing office. You were crawling under the table, between our legs. Pulling my pants, climbing on chairs... Then you started a loud Nanana, followed by another nanana, and another! We joined you in excitement and all three of us chanted a nanananana!

This is a big linguistic milestone. You are exposed to too many languages which makes things confusing, as you try to separate sounds and make a language choice. But there it was, your first repetitive consonant. Nanana. I was very happy to be a witness. I'm missing out on your development while at work. So it's a major treat to catch what I can. W

Grandma Roza said that you understand certainexpressions. When she says "Let's change popo," you look down and touch your diaper. When she says "Lets go dut dut" you get excited, knowing you are going outside. I noticed too, that you started understanding some speech, mostly by the way you look at me when I say certain things.

Can't wait to hear your next sound. What's it going to be? Mama?

Kiss

Your contribution

Baby Zoe,

You are on the Mother's Milk Bank website, with your signature smile - mouth wide open, big appetite for life. Next to your picture, is a little blurb written by Mommy about our milk donation. It's too early to tell for sure, but you look so smart. This is the most I can do, but you might be able to make real contributions to science and medicine. Take advantage of your potential. I want you to be what I am not, what you can be if you want.

Here is the link to our donation. Dad made a good point that the page might not exists by the time you grow up, so he suggested that I include a screen shot.

Love,
Mommy

Your new mission

Baby Zoe,

You set yourself a goal. You want to stand up. Your every move is aimed at that goal. Every furniture piece, wall or person along your way is an opportunity to pull yourself up. You smile with pride when you do, as we clap and cheer you on. You are focused, like you were about crawling just a few weeks a go. Now, when you get down as if to crawl, you lift your knees off the ground, push your butt up, press your feet down, and try to stand up. Soon you'll be able to shift your weight and lift your hands off the ground.

Another development - You've become more expressive about your needs. Grandma Roza discovered that you like napping in your car seat listening to music, when you finally give in to tiredness. When I'm around you still resist sleep, so I can't share this experience. Grandma said that yesterday when you started getting sleepy, you  went to your car seat, looked at her laptop where the music is, she put on a tango tune, covered you with a blanket, and zzzzzzzzzz.

Your first solid poop

Hi little baby,

You have accomplished another milestone. On January 29 you made your first solid poop. We took a picture, of course, and will post it on your online photo album. I think I will keep it out of your blog. The poop was a result of bananas and butternut squash cooked in meat broth. All home made and delicious.

Congratulations!

Kiss, Mommy.