{"id":6986,"date":"2012-03-11T21:54:59","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T02:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.miamyke.com\/?p=6986"},"modified":"2012-03-11T22:25:06","modified_gmt":"2012-03-12T03:25:06","slug":"papa-and-mimi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miamyke.com\/?p=6986","title":{"rendered":"Papa and Mimi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Papa and Mimi came into town for a quick weekend visit, and Eleanor and Henry both got some good grandparent time.\u00a0 Saturday and Sunday were super nice out, so we got to have some extended park time as well.\u00a0 Actually, there were a bunch of nice days this week, and Eleanor really enjoyed the opportunity to play longer outside.\u00a0 This week was really the first time that she spent an entire park session without wanting or needing parental assistance.\u00a0 She can climb up the steps, go down the slide, and repeat… all by herself.\u00a0 On Saturday she played in the sandbox at the park for a good 15 minutes with Lala, just scooping sand in and out of a bucket.\u00a0 I can’t wait to have fun with her in our sandbox all this summer.\u00a0 Eleanor also took her language explosion to a whole new level this week – she just starting saying all kinds of words while reading some picture books.\u00a0 One particular reading session with Mom produced probably 20 new words on its own.\u00a0 Oh yeah, and she can count.\u00a0 Up to eight.\u00a0 Up until this week I had only heard one and two – and then all the sudden while reading “8 Silly Monkey” (thanks Mimi!) Eleanor said “eight” while pointing to the last monkey on the page.\u00a0 So we pointed to the other monkeys in turn, and she rattled off one through eight.\u00a0 Crazy.\u00a0 Now she wants to do it every time we read that book.<\/p>\n

Not to be outdone, Henry is maturing before our eyes as well.\u00a0 Smiles are much more common now, and he has even started to make some happy noises – not quite giggles yet, but definitely the precursor to giggling.\u00a0 It won’t be long and we’ll have full out giggles – and probably some rolling over too.\u00a0 He had some good half rolls this week, as well as a couple times holding a toy in his hand.\u00a0 He hasn’t started reaching out for toys yet, but he is doing more grabbing with his fingers when you hold his hands.<\/p>\n

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