Da-Da-Da

Tonight was a big eye opener for Kim and I. Alli started babbling da-da-da as daddy and I played with her after dinner. We were pretty excited, especially since the babbling did seem to be directed to daddy.

She also surprised us with her eye-hand skills. I got out a new toy - hard to explain the toy, but it's basically a big tree-house looking thing with plastic balls. You put the balls in a hole and they go through the "tree" on different paths and end up at the bottom. We inherited this toy, like so many others, from the Kingery's who were kind enough to clean out their toy closet into ours. :) I'm not sure what the suggested age is for this toy, but I thought maybe Alli would like to play with the balls. So I got it out, set it down, and put a couple of balls in the hole to watch them go through the tree myself. Alli obviously thought this was cool cause she then picked up a ball and put it into the hole and watched as well. She kept doing it! We were soooo impressed! The hole is just big enough to fit the ball, so I was amazed she could do it. And left-handed. So Kim and I were talking about how maybe she might be left-handed and then she surprised us by switching hands and playing with the toy for a while, sinking balls into it with her right hand. Huh. Guess she's ambidextrious! Cool!

On another side note, looks like her two top teeth have finally broken through the gums. They are just barely peeking out, but they are there. Our little girl is growing up so fast!!!