Thursday, April 26, 2007

New Baby Tricks

You know how David Letterman has Stupid Pet (and/or Human) tricks on his show... well, the serial that is our life has it's own Baby Tricks section. I will not call them stupid...entertaining, yes, stupid...no way. Actually, these tricks seem to indicate the genius that is waiting to be nurtured in our child. That's it, right? Genius!? Sophia, as she develops, is gaining better gross and fine motor control, and it is quite fascinating to watch.



Sophie spotted something across the table that she absolutely had to have. So instead of going around the table (which last week she wasn't so good at, but is mastering this week) she decided to try going over the able. Thankfully, Dad was there to stave off the inevitable frustration by offering his child a lift...

It certainly helped Sophia get the item of the moment (which I would like to point out is a REMOTE CONTROL....hmmmm). But then Dad let go...

Then something curious happened...instead of coming back down---

...Sophia happily hung out on the table while giving the remote a thorough inspection. Talk about sticking power! ;)

Sophia is a very curious little girl. And this has extended to finding out what is INSIDE things. This shows us that our intrepid nine month old can no longer be fooled with the "now it's here, and now it's not" method of distraction. She knows that things don't just go away. They've got to be somewhere. Well, that means she needs to find it. She has pulled toys of her basket in the nursery, and from the tupperware in the living room. On this particular day, it was the diaper bag that held her attention. She was very happy to piece by peice pull out all the things in the bag, look at them and unceremoniously drop them (oh yeah, she's good a dropping things, too. Another story...). She nearly got into the bag herself.

Just checking to make sure that everything is indeed out and on the floor...

This might just be an indication of what our future teenager will be like. I am really hoping she figures out that the phone is meant for talking on rather than for chewing or else she's going to be really, really embarassed...

Our happy, happy girl!

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