Rollin' along

Where to start? Since the last post Juno has seemingly grown into a little girl - the days of being a baby are definitely over. She wanders about the house, mimicking everything that Jess and I do.

Jess was sweeping the floor the other day so Juno rushed into the kitchen and grabbed the little broom that she has and began industriously swiping at the floor. When I put my tie on in the mornings, the little bug stands there beside me tucking her little cuddly under her chin and then wandering around looking very pleased with herself.

She also makes a point of what looks to be pointing nappies on cuddly, that is, placing her change mat in the middle of the floor and carefully arranging cuddly on it before wrapping him up and proudly carrying him around for both Jess & myself to inspect and make the appropriate approving noises.

Her vocabulary has similarly grown, and has her command of the language emerges, so too the gestural vocabulary that accompanies it. Quite a few things in the house are designated with an open palm thrust toward them and the word 'hot' (it sounds closer to hā, but we all get the drift.)


The clincher for me was a couple of weekends ago as I walked back up the steps (I had been outside for all of 10 mins, Juno came rushing towards me, screaming excitedly "dad-ee, dad-ee." First cars at 16 are made of this stuff...

Speaking of cars, Juno has now mastered vehicular transport. Margam bought her this little lady-bug to ride last time she was down. She has now mastered the mount & the dismount and manages to cover quite a bit of ground, either around the living room or out on one of the decks.

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