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I think Michal might be teething. I have been saying this for weeks now. For the past few weeks, she constantly has her hands (and now feet) in her mouth, often gumming just a finger or three. She has also been a drool machine - if you decide to lift her up into the air as if she is flying above your head, make sure to watch out for the glob of drool sure to descend quickly towards your face.
It definitely seems to be ramping up lately, especially today. While at work today, she was Little Miss Fussbuckets, fussier than her normal hardly-fussy self. And while she enjoyed chewing and gumming on her toys, her new favorite teether is a little unorthodox.
Check out her new Bic Mark-It (read: fake Sharpie):
Just try and take it from her... just try...
Today's big event was the Super Bowl, with the match-up between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers galvanizing fans into a junk food frenzy. Well, maybe the teams that faced off did not garner the biggest excitement in recent NFL history, but it was still fun to gather with friends, watch the game, and critique the commercials. Unfortunately we did not have a chance to switch to Puppy Bowl (I was voted down every time!), which is a shame as I am sure Michal would have loved watching their canine shenanigans. Decked out in her most non-team-colors-specific outfit - I figured pink was a safe choice - we watched the game with our normal crowd of friends, with one special guest - Grandma. My mother is visiting from California, so it was nice to have so many of our loved ones there for the gathering.
Here is one quick picture of Michal with her Uncle Roy - it's obvious she has him wrapped around her little finger.
For the most part, Michal was only minimally interested in the football game - I like to think it was because the Ravens were not playing (she's a loyal fan already). Unfortunately, with the game starting later, it only took two Packers touchdowns (and the accompanying roar of excitement with our mainly anti-Steelers crowd) to make this overtired baby's face absolutely crumple and dissolve into tears. Before the tears, and the subsequent trip upstairs to go to sleep, here is Michal with her grandma, watching the game.
(She's more interested in seeing what people across the room were doing than pay attention to the score!)
A few days back, I posted about some of Michal's best baby friends - including the reliable Baby in the Mirror. While we still try to visit with that baby friend whenever we happen across her, she no longer is Michal's favorite part of her bath time routine. Michal LOVES the light switch. No idea why. We step into the bathroom and go to the mirror to say hello to the Baby in the Mirror before heading on to the tub. Her eyes rarely go to the mirror; she is fixated by the light switch. Tonight, she even managed to flip the switch and turn off the light. After giving her the opportunity to do so again, we decided it was just luck that she managed to do it, but it was still amusing to watch her try.
Here she is, trying to figure out how to make the magic work.
On another note - 10% of the way through this project (well, with one more half-day) - looking forward to keeping it up for 329 more!
One of Michal's favorite toys is the jumperoo her grandmother - my mom - gave her for Chanukah. It came at the perfect time - right when she began to prefer to be upright. While she still tolerated her bouncer and swing, the opportunity to have a different view of the world around her was preferable. At the start, she used the jumperoo as a seat; she really just sat there, happy to be vertical, and observed (she does that a bunch). After a long while, she started to reach for and sort of play with the toys.
Today, she discovered jumping. Earlier, we would try to show her how to jump, and she seemed relatively okay with that, but really, it was pretty much a non-starter. She now realizes that if she flexes her feet just enough, she moves, and boy did she love it. She still does not quite understand what knees are for, but I am sure it will all become clear in due time. For now, it's just fun watching the bounce with the accompanying wobble and attempt to stabilize herself.
We were able to squeeze in a quick photo session this morning before taking Michal to day care. Here she is, modeling another of her new headbands from Hello, Charlotte James. In addition to the headbands being super adorable, they are made from recycled eco-felt, which is pretty awesome for our little green baby.
It is a little difficult these days getting an absolutely clear picture of Michal when she is sitting. She has really great control of her head and neck, but she is still getting used to stabilizing herself when sitting up on her own. There is a good amount of adjustment and readjustment, and she tends to wiggle and wobble a bit. Even here, I caught a cute shot of her face, and yet you can see the blur that is normally her arms. It is so hard to believe how quickly she is growing up!
One of Michal's newer tricks - eating her feet. Not terribly nutritious, you might say, but it is quite fun figuring out how to get them in the mouth. Every evening we try to have some naked time, which Michal adores, and it's usually during this time that she tries to outdo herself with scootching around, stretching, contorting, and wiggling her body this way and that. It is such fun laying down next to her, watching the gymnastics.
Apparently the theme of the week is Michal's talents. I'm sure something else will emerge, but for now, we continue where we left off yesterday with the amazing sock napper.
This week has also been the land of the raspberry. Michal, always enjoying when we buzz our lips at her, has figured out how to do the same, buzzing her lips and her tongue in ecstatic joy. This past Sunday, I received a text from Josh while I was at work, saying that I was missing raspberry day and that she was just going nuts with them. It's fun to watch her be so enthused about something we find so hilarious to watch. Additionally, we have gotten her to giggle and laugh a few times this week, but only when Daddy blows a raspberry on her tummy. It isn't so hilarious when I do it, but I'm guessing the stubbly face added something special.
Her other new skill is reaching... and by reaching, I mean REACHING. While this was cute at home as Michal reached for two, book, cell phone, the keyboard of the laptop, it was markedly LESS cute at work. Folks, it is clear I need to tidy my desk.
I have been trying to get a decent picture of a raspberry, and although I got a decent one on my phone the other day, I am trying desperately to stick to my original plan of posting a picture a day, taken on that same day. I know, I like rules. So sue me. So imagine my glee when I managed to catch a raspberry, mid-blow, AS she was reaching for a toy. So talented this child - clearly Harvard is in her future.
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