Friday, July 29, 2005
I Just Remembered…
Sadie is ten months old today!
I remembered this when I was talking with some of the people at my big client, after I got their network running again and disappointed all the people who were hoping to get the rest of the day off. (Actually, some had left anyway.) One of them was unaware of the second one incubating, was all excited about Sadie getting “a brother,” and asked about ages.
In the course of a week or so, she went from walking unsupported at all to walking long distances, and at least as much as she crawls. One of her giddiest moments ever came when she was able to walk up to the full length mirror on the back of the bedroom door, face to face with Mirror Sadie of her own volition. It was kind of funny when she kissed mirror Sadie.
Last night Deb was all excited that Sadie recognized all the bedtime cues and happily went to bed without being asleep when deposited in the crib. No reason she shouldn’t recognize the cues, considering how much English and body language she understands. She’ll come over to look at pictures of other babies on the computer if Deb says “baby!” to her. She loves baby pictures, as well as pictures of herself.
This still reminds me of raising a puppy sometimes. In particular, the way she invites play. She invented sort of a tag game when she’s on our bed. She scrambles to the end of the bed, up the pillows and tags the wall with her hand. If we’re not paying attention, she’ll look at us like “well...?” Deb (usually; I do it sometimes too) grabs her around the belly and flops her back onto the bed, usually saying “oh no you don’t!” Sadie shrieks with laughter, then giggles her way back to the wall and repeats the process until we get tired of playing.
She’s gotten more ticklish, too. Deb recently discovered she has ticklish chin spots that provoke giggles and squirms. I discovered yesterday that her belly is now ticklish.
Wow. Two more months and she’ll be a year old. Time flies!