Weekly Happenings

I need to apologize for falling off of the blog radar for a week. The camera just didn't seem to be in reach when I needed it therefore, no pictures=no posts. But here is a quick recap of things that I wished I had gotten on video or in pictures... Mama and Dada: Lily has said both for awhile but only when she wants to and didn't really understand what it meant to call our names. She could always identify us by pointing or going to us to get our attention but never by saying our names...until recently :). Lily began calling our names when she wanted us :). In the mornings when she got up, instead of crying she would call Mama, Mama! and the same thing after nap time. When Mike comes home from work she says Dada, Dada! Needless to say, I wish I had this on video already but the time will come. Doorknobs: Lily has known what doorknobs are used for, for as long as I can remember and has been able to reach them for at least 5-6 mths but this week it happened. She became strong enough to turn the knob just enough and pull to get door open. She is even strong enough to open our backdoor! How did I find this out?!? Oh, by realizing Lily let Maci in all by herself :). She opened the backdoor, unlocked the storm door and pushed it open enough to let the dog inside. Yep, we now lock the deadbolt on the front and backdoor so our little girl doesn't head out to explore without us :). Puzzles: This week Lily has fallen deeper in love with her puzzles. While she has her chocolate or strawberry milk after she wakes up we sit at her table and do a few puzzles. One afternoon she even dumped out two puzzles putting all the pieces into one pile. She mixed up the pile and then picked them up one at a time to put them back together, all the while looking at the two bases to see where it would go. And she did this all by herself, I watched in amazement while sitting on the couch!