Tuesday 8/23

After another long night, Sonia and I mostly played around the house today. We went out in the car on a couple quick errands to help Sonia get used to the carseat but otherwise spent the day playing with toys.

Sonia has figured out how to remove the puzzle pieces by grabbing the pegs with two fingers and her thumb (something she couldn't do yesterday) and then handing them to me to put back in place. She's also getting much stronger in pulling herself up. She has even mastered the yoga move of "Downward Dog" and likes to play from that position.

Her other favorite toy at the moment is the ball slide game that Lori gave us. She can pull herself up on the toy and then drop the balls down the chute. Since she generally crawls over and retrieves balls that she tosses aside, it's become a fun game.

Unfortunately, although she went to bed at 8pm tonight, she was already up by 9:45pm. We'll see how the rest of the night goes... I was hoping she'd sleep a bit longer tonight!