Crunching Numbers

Clearly Abbie is going to be a math wiz given that she is already "crunching numbers". However, it turns out that her verbal skills aren't too shabby either. She seems to understand certain words and is able to identify Mommy, Daddy, Lala, Boris, Lovey and Kitty (one of her stuffed animals). If we say, "Abbie, where's Boris?" She'll look right at him. I don't know how long she has been able to do this for, but I was certainly surprised to realize how much she is picking up.

So tough being a baby

Abbie had her well child check-up today. She is roughly 15 pounds, 1 ounce and 27 inches in length - long and lean. She received her last round of shots for awhile. We have been dreading these for months. I gave her Tylenol beforehand but she cried pretty hard anyway. So sad. I told her that it was because we loved her that she had to get shots, but I don't think she believed me. Poor little thing.

Meanwhile, we are waiting for the day when she decides to crawl. Sometimes she gets onto her hands and knees and rocks back and forth a bit, but it usually ends with her landing on her face. I think she still needs to build some strength in her upper body. It's tough because she has tons of energy to burn and I think she wants to be under her own power a bit more, but she just doesn't know how.

Life as a baby is so tough. :)

Flurry of Activity

Abbie has become quite a busy girl all of the sudden. Her new favorite tricks are standing up (supported, of course) and sticking out her tongue. I finally managed to get a picture of the tongue, but haven't captured the standing yet. She has become a real handful to hang onto and her routine has become "Sit, then stand, then flop onto the belly, then flip onto the back. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat." It is quite a rigorous workout for all involved.

Moderating Comments

So, after one of our posts had an advertisement left in the comments field, I apparently turned on a moderating comments feature. This ensures that I can keep annoying things like that from showing up. However, apparently it requires that I actually moderate the comments - go figure. :) Today when I logged on (which I haven't done in quite awhile) I saw that I had four comments waiting for my approval. Oops! Anyway, I have approved all of them now. So for anyone who was losing heart because your comments weren't showing up, you can now rest easy knowing that things are back to normal.