Playing with daddy

Isabella's favorite part of the day is when her daddy gets home...without question. Yesterday he had to come home late and she was walking around the house calling for Dad and looking out the window and yelling for him. She just loves playing rough with daddy. Here is a video on an early Sunday morning of Isabella playing with daddy in our downstairs guest room. She just takes the hits and keeps on going. You can see when he hits her with a pillow she starts signing more.




In other news, she is starting to show signs that she is working on her talking skills. She has voluntarily said "down" to get down without me having to ask her if she wants to get down. She is beginning to repeat words I say, well at least she tries and it sounds more like the words than it did before. Her "bye-bye" "hi" "no" and "uh-oh" have become really clear. We are just noticing some good changes, she seems to be showing more interest in it.

She is also really getting good at imaginative play. She likes to manipulate her baby doll to sign things, like "blanket" and "daddy". She likes to brush her babies' and her animals' "teeth" Anything she does she likes her babies to do. She will hold their arms and make them wave and say "hi" and she likes her stuffed elephant to eat with her. It is really fun to watch her imagination take hold and see the way it changes her playing. She sends her Little Einsteins characters down the slide and says "Weee" for them. She is just getting cuter every day. Now if we could just get her to really start talking I would be thrilled. I just can't wait to really hear her cute little voice.