Mama!!!

Diella says Mama!!! She's been doing it for about a week, but i'm really kinda picky about counting things as official until i think she knows what she's saying (or doing) and is doing it on purpose. and now i know she IS meaning mama when she says it! she mostly says it when she's whining, like bottom lip comes out Meh Meh.... but sometimes its when she's happy too :) Mamama. I LOVE IT! She said it from her crib this morning when she woke up, heard it on the monitor, like she was asking for me, yay!

ok, she's been clapping for a long time, and it was always when other people were clapping, which she still does, but NOW she does it when i say Yay or Good Girl, even if i'm not clapping! so its fun to know that she understands what i'm saying and not just playing copy cat, smarty pants! :)

she can finally go down the stairs! my mom and i tried to teach her a while back, but she wasnt catching on, fully.... and i really didnt even see it happen, we were at Aaron's and i heard them say she was climbing up the stairs (which is fine, we let her... jus sometimes worry that she may fall Down them cuz she cant get down em on her own yet)... but when i get in there, she's already on the floor level again, and i asked Jen sittin there, "she got down on her own? how many stairs was she up?" jen said about 6 stairs and yup, on her own! yay! so now less worrying about her falling down them :)

oh and Diella discovered her tongue the other day... she'll stick it out & move it around, playing with it... its funny! luckily she doesnt do it alot, but i've gotta snap a pic of it one'a these times...

um, ok so who knows how fearless my lil munchkin is? she is not afraid of anything, like the dogs in our family, they're big, not Huge dogs, but not little dogs... and yesterday Emma, adult golden retreiver, came up to diella, face to face, practically nose to nose, and she just stared right back, no flinching, no evident fear anywhere, she cracks me up! i'd be like woah, dog get outta my face! ....

Diella has been sleeping much better! through the night almost always now! i LOVE it!!! Finally!!! ....

there are a few words i think she's trying to say... like Kitty, when the cats are around, sometimes when she pets em, it sorta sounds like she's saying kitty, like Kih-E.... and anytime she hands me something i say thank you, and so once in a while when i give her something, sounds like she's tryin to say thank you... like akoo, sorta.... we'll work on both of those :) ...

and Diella is good at helping me get her dressed, like i put shirt over her head, she pulls it down, and i get her lil hands in the holes, she extends her arm through... i love it!...

and i had such a crazy weekend, i left her with Jake on Friday night, with dad in law all day Saturday, then in the nursery during church sunday morning and with her uncle sunday evening for a few hours (had a TONNA church activities i was part of all 3 days).... and i said to jake that i feel bad leaving her so much those 3 days (even tho she does great with other people).. and he said, she needs that, to be independent... and i was like, you're right, thank you ... i was glad he helped me realize that... that she doesnt need me all the time, and she does well! so why worry? yay, revelation for me!

~Kat