The Heinlights: Double Digits

It's hard to believe we are now in the double digits! She's still got just two teeth and has become a VERY picky eater. Things she used to enjoy like pears and peaches...she now gags on. She's taken to shaking her head 'no' every time I start to offer her solids. She still prefers chicken and vegetable meals...and fruit medley. We have graduated to the '3rd' foods. She still is only eating between 4-6 oz of formula at a time and a final bottle of 8 oz before bed.

Bedtime is so much better as she goes down fairly easy every night. Sometimes I have to sing to her....I usually sing 'Hush Little Baby' or 'Doe a Deer'. Upon discussing 'techniques' on how to get her to sleep with Nathan the other day, I told him to sing to her. A few days later he mentioned that he had been singing to her....so I asked 'what do you sing?' His answer....'the Iowa State Fight Song!' Ha! I laughed so hard! He then told me he was learning the words to 'The Bells of Iowa State' to broaden his 'repertoire'. Poor kid....she just doesn't even have a chance. She sleeps anywhere from 8-9 pm until 7-8 am. It's heaven!! She's still taking two 1 hr naps a day.

Her 'vocabulary' is growing as she is able to make more noises and sounds....still no Ma-ma yet though! She's become very interested in my teeth and mouth...I'm sure this means she's going to be a dentist. She loves to pick and scratch my teeth and poke her finger into my mouth. She always acts very surprised when my tongue emerges as well. She's not quite sure what to think of it!

Viv is crawling like a mad woman. She's fast and has started to chase Wrigley. He's not so thrilled. ..he's lucky he is much faster than she is! We now have everything baby gated off....but I constantly have to keep her out of the dog's water dishes. We spend most of our time upstairs in the playroom with the dogs gated off on the main floor.

She's pulling up on the furniture and standing. She's not exactly 'cruising' yet. She pulls up and stands but hasn't started to walk around anything quite yet.

She's still super cute! Ha!

She's getting more social and more comfortable with family. She still has issues in the nursery at church but I think it's more because she's there during her regular nap time and gets over tired.