Lil Sister...Big Trouble

No Gabby isn't any trouble at all...she just wore a really cute shirt today that said "Lil Sister - I may be small but I can be big trouble". We have noticed a lot of growth in her lately (skill-wise). She is eating a lot more and we gave her the first finger food this weekend - Puffs. She has no teeth but she really seemed to like gumming them. Plus it's great practice to pick up small objects and try to get them in her mouth. She is definitely more vocal in the past two weeks - mama, dada, and just shrieking and laughing a lot. She even waves bye bye occassionally. We are trying to teach her the signs for "milk" and "more". She has been practicing standing more holding onto the couch or the ottoman. She gets really excited like she likes the view and is super proud of herself. She definitely has "mamitis" as Nelson calls it - real mama's girl - separation anxiety is pretty common at this age. She is still a fantastic sleeper, and sleeps through Sofia's middle of the night antics which aren't regular but every so often...Sofia has also been coming into our room from time to time usually around 5am and wants to sleep in our bed. Sometimes it's easier not to argue, we need our sleep too! :) We have found that when she naps during the day, she plays in bed at night for a couple of hours before she goes to bed and doesn't always sleep through the night. The other night I went in around 10pm because she wasn't asleep yet and found she has eaten a black crayon. There were crayon crumbs everywhere - face, hands, PJs, sheets and ground into her teeth! Luckily crayons are non toxic but ew gross right? So the moral of the story is even though we have her lie down and have quiet time during nap time, some times she sleeps and sometimes she doesn't. But if she doesn't she always sleeps better that night.
Here are some cute pics from today - just hanging out!