July 5 - Sleepless in S(Ridgefield)

So, it seems I've forgotten how to sleep during the last 24 hours. My goodness, it's been a loooooong day! First of all, I slept through the 4th of July fireworks but woke up before midnight, 12:25-ish, 4-something and again at 5:30 this morning. My poor parents. It might be that I didn't get a great dinner and was just plain hungry. Or I had a tummy ache. Who knows. I spent much of my awake time nursing, which made for an extremely full diaper in the a.m.!! Mommy put me back to bed around 6 AM, and I slept for another 3 hours.

I only napped for an hour and fought going to sleep again tonight. Mommy's fingers are crossed that I'll get a good, recuperative night's rest. Tomorrow we are supposed to go to the zoo, and we all want me in a good mood for that!

Mommy and daddy notice new "smartness" in me daily. The other day, Daddy was reading me a Sandra Boynton book called "From A To Z". When he got to the page with the Frogs, I made the sign for frogs. Daddy was reading "My Nose, My Toes" to me. It's a flip up book (What's under the hat-- my ears... that kind of thing). Daddy got to the last page "What is under the blanket?" Daddy didn't even have the chance to flip up the "blanket" and I was signing "baby" (which is the correct answer!)

I know lots of signs: more, cereal, cracker, baby, milk, frog, dog, bird, cat. I kinda do "Mom", "Dad", and I can also sign "cat", but I do it on my forehead instead of on my cheeks. I like to make cow and duck sounds, too.

Last week while I was at the G'rents, Grandpa put me on the phone with Mommy. Mommy said, "Hi", and I said, "Hi" right back! And it was a repeatable phenom. I've done it several times since. But only when I'm in the mood to!

I'm walking better and better. I can walk from the couch towards Mommy or Daddy, pause and turn in a different direction, and/or turn back and go to them. I have better control and balance daily. I hope to be walking good when the Turners come out for a visit next month.

I think that's about it for me. Hopefully I'll have lots of fun pictures from the zoo to share tomorrow.