"Worm Garden"

Uncle Joe has decided that Daniella should be nicknamed "worm" because while in the womb I called her a "wiggle worm" and now she scoots like an inch worm. So here are pictures that Joe took of the "worm" in Grandma & Grandpa's garden.

Joe is particularly proud of the pictures of when she started to cry for me to pick her up. I still think she looks adorable when she cries.

Coincidence?

Since Daniella realized she was able to get a response of "hi" every time she waved, she has been trying to figure out what else she can do with her hands. On Sunday she learned how to clap and that when she clapped Mom would say "ya" and clap with her. On random occasions she will just start clapping and look around for a response.

So, early this week Anna, my cousin came up to Jess and Daniella and said, "I am so proud of myself".

Jessica turned to Daniella and said "Did you hear that Dani? Anna is proud of herself."

Daniella then looks up at Anna, smiles and starts clapping.

Meeting Great Grandparents

Daniella met her maternal Great Grandparents for the first time. Since they are unable to travel and we don't have much time to travel, we wanted to make sure to document this visit with photos. Uncle Joe took pictures to commemorate the meeting of four generations (the youngest three are all first born daughters).

I love how Daniella patted Grandpa's shoulder in this picture.

Toys

Grandma's neighbors lent us some toys to play with during our stay. They have been very useful as Daniella would be bored without them. Uncle Jake also gave Daniella a large monkey that is bigger than she is. She seemed to find it interesting as well. I'm still trying to figure out how we are going to get this home.

Pointer

On Saturday we took Daniella to the zoo. She seemed to enjoy herself and noticed a few of the animals. We pointed out everything, the elephant, the giraffe, the zebras . . .

The next day I noticed that she had found her pointer finger. She may not have known why we were pointing or what we were pointing to, but she learned to point from going to the zoo.

Scooting

Daniella has figured out how to move forward. I always expected her to "army crawl" where she used her arms to pull herself while still on her tummy, but my daughter does not like to use her arms to pull herself forward. Though not very efficient, she uses her legs to propel her forward and keeps her arm movement to a minimal. It is fun to see how she hops her legs in and then plops herself forward.

Waving

When we first arrived in Utah, Daniella was determined to not sleep at Grandma and Grandpa's house. She did everything she could to stay awake and basked in the attention that everyone gave her. She started making a funny gurgling noise and moving her hand in a kind of a wave. This made everyone laugh and she repeated it all night long, and again in the morning. That hand motion has since morphed into a "hi" and since then she has waved "hi" to everything she finds interesting (family members, strangers, turkeys, a parrot, a sloth, a book etc.). Here is a video of her waving at the zoo.