Milestones and new little things

Our little girl is growing like a weed!

...and getting into all sorts of things :)

We've been busy the past week playing and learning new things. I've been saying, "I need to post that so everyone knows" and it just hasn't happened so there are quite a few things to share.

First off, Caroline's top lateral incisors have broken through. So, we have her bottom two front teeth and these now, for a total of four. She's been muddling through these both coming in at the same time pretty well. Very snuggly though and a little less active then normal.

Caroline has started following directions a bit! This has been a lot of fun watching. If I ask Caroline to turn on or off the light above the island she will do it for me. Also, I've asked her to go get a particular bear and she'll go to another room and find it!

Her vocabulary has really taken off. She has quite a few words that she will either repeat after you and words she'll say completely on her own. Bear, kitty, milk, duck, book, and a few other words that we're just not sure what they are yet :) We're also back to saying," Hello" rather than "Hi" again. She will also mimic sounds you make. If you go "la la la" she'll do it back three times. If I play with her little dinosaur at say, " do dit do dit do" as he walks she'll repeat the sound and make her dinosaur walk.

Last weekend she put Alan's hoodie sweatshirt hood over her head and dragged the rest. The best part was that she walked around saying, "Da da." She gets that it's his and was pretending to be him!

Now, instead of clapping her hands when we say, "Yay," she will throw her arms in the air and squeal, "Yay!"

We have been completely off the bottle for a few weeks now. We weened each one off, but she did great and really didn't' have too much of a problem.
Speaking of drinking, she likes to say, "Ahhh" when after she takes a sip. Water and milk are so refreshing!

She's been having lots of fun spinning in circles. She usually spins a couple of times, but yesterday she went around 3-4 and then fell right after. I had tried to get it on tape, but of course all mommy got was her falling on her face :(

Speaking of scary things...Caroline showed interest in walking up the stairs a few days ago. So, one night Alan helped her pull her leg up each step and she would pull the other leg up. The next day she was doing it all by herself, only barely holding our finger tips. Think she'll have that mastered pretty soon. Yikes!

This is Daddy's new favorite thing. She will hold your hand now as she walks. When she first learned she did not want any help, but now she likes to hold our hands. We like it right back!

Kennebunk Farmer's Market

We also went to the Farmer's Market yesterday and got a bunch of pepper and tomato plants. No big garden this year as we have lots of landscaping to do, but there is plenty of room on the back deck for some plants.

Spotting some older kids and wanting to say, "Hello!"

We met a new friend on Friday and found a new favorite place to walk, The Rachel Carson preserve in Wells. The paths are very clear and I think next time we'll just walk rather then take the stroller. We were too busy chatting and pointing out things like Lady Slipper Orchids and squirrels to take pictures, but next time we promise we'll share!