Day +41: three big milestones!

After a bit of a rocky start, Mina Brigitta had a really nice day today. She really hates transitions between Momma and Dadda, and vice versa. Keri said she cried for 45 minutes after I left this morning. But after she got over it, Mina Brigitta was awake and interacting until about 2 PM today. After napping until about 7 PM, she woke up and has been interacting ever since. She's really been quite talkative, remarking on everthing she sees.

Anta Kari and Uncle Steve brought some dinner back from a local restaurant, and Keri ate hers with Mina on her lap. Mina Brigitta was very excited about the whole event, and kept looking over and saying "Anta eat!" with a big smile on her face. Keri had a sprig of fresh dill on her plate that she didn't want, so Uncle Steve came over and took it. From then on, whenever she saw some dill, Mina would say "Uncle dis!" and insist on Steve coming over and getting it. She also asked Anta Kari to come over and show off her painted toenails. Inviting others into her space was the first big milestone, because for three weeks she's been telling everyone to "Go!"

The second big milestone was laughing! I was blowing soap bubbles and catching them on the wand, and one time she practically shrieked. And the third big milestone was, believe it or not, eating! She got so excited by our dinners that she insisted on having some "num-nums" herself. She couldn't eat the restaurant food, but the doctors had said she could eat some baby rice or oat cereal. So we mixed her a bowl of Isaac's cereal, and she had about four bites.

Now she's watching a new movie ("Babe"), which is a bit of a milestone itself after weeks of nothing but "Ooh-oohs". Keri has been trying to escape for an hour, but Mina Brigitta keeps crying everytime she goes to leave. A little earlier she was saying "Dadda out!"