In apology for missing last week, you get two videos today. One is of Tessa a few days after her first crawling experience. It's amazing how quickly she went from traveling two feet to much longer voyages. She is not as adventurous as I remember Maggie being. So far Tess will stay within the confines of, say, a rug, or at least a room. But I'm sure we'll have plenty of times when we turn around and have no idea where she has taken herself. So far her favorite destination is the hearth where she can pull herself up to standing and cruise along its length. And she's fast up there; I barely have time to build a tower at one end before she's worked her way over to knock it down!
The other movie is Tessa just being adorable. She goes through these sound phases. I posted a video of the raspberry phase; there was also a Tarzan-esque/yodeling phase; now she's in the "uh oh" phase. I guess maybe we say that a lot around the house? Imagine that. She doesn't always use it appropriately. Probably most of the time she just says it conversationally. But it is just so sweet when she says it.
Otherwise things are normal. Tessa continues to be fascinated and enchanted by Maggie. If Tessa falls or gets frustrated or is just crying in general, usually my first plan of attack is to call Maggie in to make it better. Tess is on a good sleeping schedule: a morning nap between 30 and 60 minutes at 8:30ish, an afternoon nap from 12:30 to 3:30ish, and asleep for the night at 7:30 until 5:30 the next morning. She's started to be standing up in her crib when I come in her room now. And her palate has evolved to requiring flavor in her food. Plain vegetables? Lentils or rice cooked in water? Bah! Where's the seasoning? The butter? The brothy goodness? Which means that she's eating more and more simply what we're eating. Nice.