Baby Update

Noa Grace has discovered her hands. She is now batting and grabbing at things - namely the toys dangling from her Fisher Price play mat (the cheapest one I could find - who needs to spend $80+ when $24 gets you something baby likes?).

She is also discovering putting her hands into her mouth and this morning edged her thumb between her lips - her first thumb suck. She is brilliant, yes?

Right now, her favorite pasttime is spending over 20 minutes under the archway of her play mat batting anything dangling close to her and kicking, kicking, kicking her legs.

She has also discovered how acting impatient can get her anything she wants - both Dad and Mom scramble to figure out what she needs or to hurry up and warm her food so she can eat. Anything the princess wants.

Other than the play mat, toys aren't really tickling her fancy yet, but we offer them to her to see what she will do. Mostly she ignores them.

She recently changed crying for attention to a whimper combined with a few loud sharp screams. Then she waits to see what happens, then does it again.

When she is hungry, she cries out continuously, distinctly saying "Hun-GER Hun-GER Hun-GER!"

Genius.