AND!

And I just realized someone IS saying "thank you!"  A. very much has her own language and carries on very fast conversations, and clearly knows just what she is saying (and is sure you know as well).  "Kitty," "Hi, kitty!" and "Uh oh" have been a part of her vocab (that others and I can understand) for months.

But it just clicked to me that "Dthuh do" that she has been saying for a while as well is her repeating back "thank you" to me.

Hey, I'm new at this mom thing!  And now I hear a string of "Uh ohs," coming from the kitchen, so off I go....

I really have to record these little milestones

Some one discovered her belly button this morning.  Even in the fit of overtired crankiness, she has to drop to the floor, pull up her shirt and manipulate her round Buddha belly until she can poke it again, checking to make sure it is still there.

I'm also highly amused that she discovered she cannot find it when standing.  A. has quite the impressive big round Buddha belly.  :)

Of course now I have to sorry that the red marks she is leaving on her belly from pulling at it will develop into bruises I have to somehow explain....