Rainy Weekend Snuggles

Yep, that's right ... it was another rainy weekend and here's a picture of how Brianna and I chose to spend it every chance we could!  Its a little grainy since I took it with my phone but still, isn't she just the sweetest thing all snuggled up on mommy's shoulder!

Neither of us really felt that well since we've both been fighting off colds for the last week.  She took extra long naps all weekend so I'm guessing that's exactly what she needed.  We were going to take her to the pumpkin patch Sunday but the weather didn't cooperate.  Hopefully, next weekend will be better since I can't wait to get pictures of her with all the pumpkins for her first Halloween! 

Here's a quick list of what else she's been up to lately:
- Recognizing Baby Signs: She's starting to wave bye-bye occasionally and seems to recognize the signs for kitty, puppy, light, more and eat on a regular basis.  I'm assuming the big smile and/or looking in the direction of Cleo or Moab is recognition.  She's actually make the sign for light, but not actively.  Her hand is down by her side and its seems like her fingers are moving on their own, not in actual recognition of what she's doing.

- First Word: Yep, you read it right.  She had her first word last Tuesday, though I didn't get to hear it till Thursday.  It was "Hi".  She says Hi to almost everyone that walks in the room at daycare now, when she's in the mood to talk that is.  She was being shy on Thursday, but we finally got her to say a very quiet Hi to mommy when I picked her up.

- Sitting Up: She's able to push herself up to sitting when she's lying on her tummy now, though this has only happened at daycare so far.  That could be because I'm so busy on weekends playing with and loving on her that I don't give her much tummy time ... oh well! 

- Scooting: She's much more interested in scooting herself everywhere than crawling but I imgaine it won't be too much longer.  She puts her legs out completely straight, then digs her heals in and pulls herself toward her feet.  Those are some strong little legs to pull her entire body weight without help!  I know I couldn't do that ... I tried!  She'll pull to standing if you give her something to grab on to, like fingers, so she simply may not be much of a crawler.

- Singing: She "sings" to herself when she's in her carseat or in her crib and falling asleep.  Its this cooing kind of sound that changes in pitch and it almost has a rhythm to it (seriously, not making it up!).  I can tell when she's almost asleep because it gets slower and slower and then just stops and she's out. 

- She's in size 12 month clothes now because she's too tall for the 9 month size.  I have to buy the elastic waist pants though or they just fall off her.  She's up to size 2-3 diapers.  Some of her favorite foods seem to be Carrot Tomato, Apples & Apricots and Apple Butternut Squash.  She seems to have an aversion to socks though.  Not only does she pull hers off every chance she gets, but Miss Rose informed me she also pulls off the other babies' socks!  I had a long conversation with her this weekend about not pulling off socks but seeing as we weren't  two minutes away from the house and hers were already off, I don't think it worked.  She was laughing at herself though so I think she was telling me that she's going to do her own thing when it comes to this particular subject. 

I guess that's it for now ... lunch break's over so time to get back to work!