Pretty Hair!

Yes, I'm still here. Just a little overwhelmed with life and all that it entails. But fear not - things are beginning to look up! While it is sad that I've been such a blogger-slacker, the really sad part is that I've also been a slacker photographer. Bad mommy! I'll do better and promise to take some new pictures of Blair to post next week. In the meantime, here are a few cute things she's doing:

1. Pretty hair. This child has a head full of hair, and it is in fact beautiful. It's getting long enough to have some real curls - ringlets even. And it is the prettiest golden brown color. Brian and I discovered the other night that the bottom layer of my hair - the part with no color on it anymore - is very close to Blair's color. Hmph. She does have a little bit of me in her after all!
   Anywho - a couple of weeks ago she started putting her hand on her head. Not both hands like she does for peek-a-boo, just one. Usually above her ear. I of course panicked and assumed that she must have an ear infection. But she seemed to feel OK - she'd just put her hand there and look at me and smile. She did it as I dropped her off at daycare one morning, and her teacher immediately said "Oh, what pretty hair!" and Blair giggled. So that's what she was doing! No earache - just reminding us of how pretty her hair is!
2. Blowing kisses. She blows the sweetest kisses!
3. Getting into EVERYTHING. She's not walking on her own yet, still only while holding someones finger(s) or while holding on to any stationary object (wall, chair, table, window - whatever). But she is very close, and she's also getting very fast. We've started getting more hard-core with our baby proofing activities. When she picked up the pretty antique hatchet that we kept with our fireplace tools, we took it as a sign that it really was time to get serious.
4. Eating real food. We've been giving her lots of foods that she can pick up by herself and feed herself. We can't do plates or bowls, because they of course distract her. Rather, it has to be food we can put directly on her booster seat tray. We switched to daycare lunch this week, and so far she's devoured a sloppy joe, chicken pot pie, a grilled cheese sandwich, peas, carrots, pineapples and pretty much everything else they've put in front of her. Her teacher said that Blair is by far the best eater in her class. Hmm...more of her mommy coming through!
5. OCDing bye-bye and hey. Seriously. She waves bye-bye and hey every time she sees something new. Other words are limited to "Mama," "Dada," "Daidy" (Daisy) and "Ba." Ba is anything that isn't mama, dada or daisy.
6. Reading. She loves to "read." It is the cutest thing ever - she'll talk and talk and talk while flipping her books over, turning pages, smacking the covers, etc.
7. Singing. Oh yeah - I have yet to be able to identify the exact tune she's belting out, but she's got some serious pipes on her. I'm not sure what Simon Cowell would say, but we think it's the prettiest voice we've ever heard.
8. Torturing Daidy. She chases her. Especially when she's in her walker. Daisy is a nervous wreck, poor thing. I'm surprised she has a voice left she's barking so much.
9. Pitching fits. Girlfriend can flat throw a tantrum. She doesn't do it often, but when she does decide to pitch a fit, you can rest assured that it's going to be a good one.
10. Wrapping us tighter around her little finger. 'Nuff said.

Pictures soon - I promise!