Things are clicking left and right for Miss Indie and it's so fun to watch! Last month she learned to pull up on things and this month she is a machine. It still takes Indie quite a bit of effort and almost always involves her mouth, but Indie does not give up. If she wants to stand up on something, just wait, because she will. Her favorite areas are the living room trunk and bathtub. We are working on taking steps and she will push the walker veeery slowly and take a couple of small steps along furniture.
Indie has just started opening cupboards to tear things apart, has become quite a little climber on single stairs, raised platforms, etc. An open dishwasher is obviously quite a score and don't even get me started on toilet paper, it's her favorite!
But the best part is that communication seems to be clicking. We have been doing flash cards for months with some intermittent success, but yesterday we nailed them! Indie signed baby, teddy bear, dog, mama, and babbled da da da da da for daddy. This weekend Dave was holding Indie and she busted out the sign for da-da all on her own. She uses ma-ma and all-done pretty consistently. I can't even adequately describe my excitement for this language development.
Indie has also started waving hi to people and it is the cutest thing ever! Today at Costco, she waved to several people and of course they couldn't resist this cute little nugget.
Even though I am a terrible singer, Indie loves me to sing "Popcorn" and "Itsy Bitsy Spider." If she doesn't want to do something like getting her diaper changed, hair styled, or buckled in her car seat, I can win her over with one of those songs. I think she is trying to learn the hand motions as well so we'll keep working on that.
Indie brings so much love to our family. We love celebrating her accomplishments and being her people. We really are the lucky few.
I was trying to take Indie's picture and said, "where's mama" so she would look at me. This smart little lady responded with the sign for mama!
She can even stand against a wall for the duration of the Popcorn song.
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