Miss Personality

Dani is getting cuter by the minute. She is doing so many fun things now. She is taking steps, though I wouldn't quite call her sturdy. She walks like a baby zombie before falling on her butt. She pushes up to standing pretty well too.

This baby girl is always happy. She LOVES to eat more than anything else on Earth and she loves being with us. She gives open mouth sloppy kisses and she has just started giving these adorable hugs where she lays her head on your shoulder and wiggles around, as if actually crawling into your body would not be close enough for her.

She still adores her brother but he has his moments with her. Mostly, he is very good to her and plays with her. The other day, they were chasing each other back and forth and laughing. But sometimes, when Jack decides Dani is getting some of his attention, he'll do anything to claim it back. This includes hitting or pushing Dani. The other day, he smacked her with a pillow and she toppled over. As Paul brought Jack to his time out, Dani just started bawling. However, I have the sneaking suspicion that she wasn't physically hurt or scared but rather that he hurt her feelings. It was like she couldn't understand why someone she loves so much would do that to her. It's kind of heartbreaking but I get the feeling thath Dani's going to get her revenge. I predict that Jack will come to us crying about something Dani did to him a lot more than the other way around. She's a tough girl.

She also likes to talk. She is amazing at repeating (when she decides she wants to) and perfectly repeats us when we say ma-ma, da-da, ba-ba, and na-na. She gets pretty close to la-la and ga-ga too. Just like her brother, she LOVES stuffed animals. Her favorite is still Sammy but she likes her dolly too. Basically anything with a face gets a big grin. Then she'll squeeze it tight. The other day, we introduced her to a Sing-a-ma-thing. She liked it because 1) it had a face and 2) it sings! She sat captivated as I squeezed it for her to hear. After she tired of it, I put it on the floor and she went off to explore. A few minutes later, Dani was standing by the toy box. She looked back over her shoulder at the Singa-ma-thing and started yelling at it, nearly mirroring the sounds of the toy. She kept it up for awhile before realizing that it didn't want to talk back to her.