We had a great day...

Day 17 - September 26th - Today was a day of firsts…1) Veeka used her sippy cup for the very first time. She didn’t really know what to do with it at first, but we were successful by the end. 2) Veeka enjoyed her first set of fruit snacks. She loved them and even ate them with a moderate pace. She didn’t shove them all into her mouth at once. That is a huge step. 3) Veeka played with a balloon. 4) We can add another animal into the list of animals that we encounter…a bird flew into our little home while Mama and Caleb were reading a book. Ahhhh! 5) Caleb cried when we read our chapter in Snot Stew. (Toby, the cat, almost got eaten by Butch, the dog!) 6) Veeka said “I love you!”

We had a much better time with Veeka today. She was in a much happier mood. We played inside for our morning visit. We played with a balloon in the room that we always go to when we are inside. But after 4-5 minutes, it popped. Veeka thought it was funny. Caleb cried. She lost it for a moment when it landed on her head. It was really funny. Amazingly enough, we were quick enough with the camera to get a picture of it. After playing in the room for about 30 minutes we decided to walk around in the baby home. We took a ball and played soccer in a long hallway and then played on a slide and castle that they have inside. Lots of fun.

In the afternoon we went outside. We walked and ate a snack and played on the playground. She had a great time and acted absolutely wonderful. She was into her “mimic” mode and tried to say almost everything we tried to say. From “woops” to “wow” to “careful” to “oh man” she got them all right. It’s really funny to hear her say them. It wasn’t that little shy voice...instead it was her “I’m having fun and I’ll be as loud as I want to” voice.