cat-attack

aiyana's mom wishes to apologize to aiyana's adoring fans, but we do not have pics to post and may not anytime soon. we (i) have misplaced the camera cord during our recent travels. but here is a word-pic of a little of what you've been missing.

wednesday, aiyana brushed her hair after her bath. she even got the back. (and we got lots of pictures.) on thursday, she tried to dress herself by pulling her dress onto her feet. she seems to have a great knowledge of where things belong. she takes things out the diaper bag and puts them back into the pockets where she got them from.
this week, we have been introducing more finger-foods for aiyana to self-feed. mommy put a piece of banana in her hand; aiyana took it to her mouth, ate it, and gave us the biggest proud face she could! we also tried pieces of cooked chicken and carrots but she preferred the pureed version. so far, aiyana's disinterest in bringing things to her mouth has been a blessing. she mouths toys, but not the things we don't want in her mouth.

(at this moment, aiyana is sitting in front of me, trying to pull herself up at the coffee table.)

aiyana's sign vocab thus far:
MILK
MORE
ALL DONE
BALL
CHANGE
EAT (showed on monday 8.18)
CAT (maybe? she meows and brings her hand to her mouth)
DRINK (showed today, 8.22)
MOMMY?? (we had witnesses that agreed today! she signs MOM but then the thumb slips into her mouth...so i'm still not sure on that one...)

she always greets our house with a "nowh" whenever we open the door because the kitties are there waiting for us.

current fave song: probably Skinnamarink;
she has a fabulous kazoo solo and anticipates it when she hears the song.

current fave game: making noise with anything noisey; at this moment she is banging on stainless steel pans with her wooden blocks. can you hear it?
runners up:
peek-a-boo and cat-attack

looks like "cat-attack" may take the gold...
poor kitties. she's not even crawling and they still can't get away.