Thanks to an Ipad app, Ada’s first animal noise was not a dog, a cow, or even, her favorite, a cat. It was the very common cuckoo bird that grabbed her attention. She is really cute when she says it. She is beginning to add more sounds. One morning the cats were asking her for water and she responded by repeating their sounds to them.
She is beginning to initiate peek-a-boo on her own. While we were in bed this morning she told me, in baby talk, that we were going to play. She then pulled the sheet over her head, said something that resembled “Where’s Ada?” and then laughed when I responded. Her play in general is becoming more interactive and imaginative. Yesterday, she was hiding her animals behind me and then making them appear. They then either kiss or eat me, and I am not really sure which.

We went to see Santa yesterday, and my child, who is usually brave and loves strangers, did not like him one bit. In an attempt to get a picture he made me hold her and then sit on his knee. I was annoyed and pretty sure he was a dirty old man, but looking at the picture later, i realized that it could have been cute if I wasn’t scowling. Oh well. We are going to try again today witht he inner harbor Santa.