May 16, 2015

This pic is a little blurry, but it’s precious and totally captures where we are right now.  She is so close to crawling that we’ve been spending a lot of time on the floor in her room reaching for toys, grabbing for the dangling critters hanging from her play mat, and trying to pet the puppy.

Probably the biggest development this month has been her burgeoning personality.  She LOVES Elmo.  Jeremy’s favorite thing to do with her right now is to sit together in the recliner and watch her favorite Elmo music videos together.  When she first sees Elmo, she often squeals with delight.  With entranced eyes, she melts into her Daddy’s arms.  He sings along to each song softly in her ear.  Here are some of her favorites.

Sesame Street: Elmo’s Song

Sesame Street: Feist Sings 1, 2, 3, 4

Sesame Street: A Song About Elmo (Adam Sandler)

Sesame Street: Pentatonix Counts (& Sings) to Five

She’s also starting to mimic the sounds we make.  I started clicking my tongue at her a few days ago, and now she wants to mimic each other all the time.  It’s really messy while she’s eating.  She also likes to ball both fists and growl.  She looks like a sumo wrestler.  It’s really really cute.  I know that when we growl back or Satie and Sebastian growl back, it must be a little frightening… but it only makes her resolve that much stronger.  I can see her being a force to be reckoned with in just a few short years.