So Smart

Well- it's not the weekend anymore- sorry... We had a busy one! Saturday mom and I went to garage sales. We bought M a slew of toys for very little cash! Score! Later that afternoon we went and got some trees for the yard and then took a long walk. Sunday we went over to some friends' house for the Chiefs game and then M went with Grandma to St Joe for awhile to see Great Grandma Betty. Yesterday started another three day stretch of working for me. I'm currently exhausted and am going to TRY to study for the CCRN exam as B and M went to Lowe's to get me a new screen door for the back!! WOOHOO!! Now we can open up the house and not have the air on all the time.
Guess who learned to pick up food and put it in her own mouth?!?! You guessed it!!! I always try for a day or two and then quit for a few days. So I put some food on her tray Sat afternoon and I'll be darned she picked it up and ate it!!! It seems she has turned the corner to feeding herself. Here she is Sunday morning feeding herself a cereal bar.Getting ready for the Chiefs party- M screamed for an hour in her crib and then slept for about 20 mins before this (little rat) and so she was grouchy. We couldn't leave until she'd had her bottle and stopped throwing a fit. Check out her new kicks from wal-mart! She has this little gum ball machine that she's always liked to play with. We are always trying to teach her how to do it, but she's liked just to play the music and then knock it over. Well today I got it out for her and she did it!! She picked up the ball, put it in the top, and then pulled the lever with no prompting!!! SO SMART! She did it over and over again. Still no walking- she takes steps all the time and stands for long periods without holding onto anything, but she's too chicken to take more than 2 steps so far. It won't be long I'm sure.