She can sit up on her own completely, there are very few times she even topples over. She still hates to be on her belly, so I don't know when she will crawl (hopefully not for a very long time still! :) Her favorite thing to do is sit with her toys all around her and just take her arms and scoop up every single toy at the same time trying to get everything into her mouth.
With the warmer weather upon us we could not wait to get out the kiddie pool and see her response. It has all been positive! She is a little fish and loves to just splash in the water, float around in her rubber duck, or (most shocking) stick her face in the water. On top of that, she must drink out of our glass every time we have water (if she got her way it would be any liquid but I am putting my foot down at not giving her green tea or beer!) If I was every leery about germs or baby slobber before I have gotten over it now. She will stick her face in our glass blow bubbles or, more often, lick up the water like a dog).
It is for this reason and others why we have started referring to her as "fourth dog". There are so many ways that babies are like dogs I don't know why people used to get offended when I would compare our beloved canines to their snotty children. 1) You teach children all the same commands as a dog ("sit", "stay", "no", "leave it") 2) they like to have the back of their ears rubbed... but maybe this is only my child? 3) they both cost a fortune if you take care of them properly 4) inevitably you end up making silly goo-goo voices while you are speaking to them.
Tomorrow we are going to the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga. I am so excited to watch her surrounded by fish! The aquarium also has a butterfly room, which thousands of butterflies are just out flapping and landing all over you. I think she will either love it or smush a bunch of butterflies with her wildly flailing arms. Hopefully for the butterflies sake not the latter!
