Melina had a big weekend. First off, she transitioned from walking while holding onto a supporting adult with both hands, to walking holding onto one hand. And then, suddenly, she let go of that hand and took three big steps before sitting down in the grass! For posterity, that happened in Eugene on Saturday, June 17. Next, she successfully left a message on Jeff's cell phone from my cell phone, without me even knowing she was doing it. And then she pushed through a new tooth (her upper left eye-tooth), clearly said "binkie" (only once!) and started learning the words to "Twinkle, twinkle, little star." (She repeats the "How I wonder" line over and over... as in "howIwunooooh, howIwonoooo..." This is when she's not repeating "Owwwww? Kitty. Owwwww? Kitty. Owwwww? Kitty.")
And that's not all. Last night she went to sleep after five minutes of half-hearted crying. She looked at Jeff sitting on the bed, figured it wasn't worth crying any more, rolled over and went to sleep. Yay! I think she's finally getting it.
Unfortunately she also had one misadventure, which was to fall over a support bar on her high chair and hit her head on the deck. After a few minutes of hysterical screaming, she was back to her normal self. I was a little worried about a concussion, but she seems completely fine. Phew!
By the way, this is a photo of her opening a birthday present. It's a few months old.
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