Shocked! Just Shocked.

I could not believe my eyes when, yesterday I came into the room to see Adi about two feet away from the place that I sat her down. I couldn't figure it out, until Hillel came home. He entered the room and Adi started to rock her torso back and forth while sitting. Her head almost reached her feet and then went back up straight. Over and over. And she slid on her little tushie until she reached her Tatte!
Adi's tushie gave me a big surprise... a little more exciting than the usual surprises.

So there I was, my eyes tearing up in disbelief. Soon she will harness this skill to her advantage and will use it to really get around! and then she surprised me even more. I wanted to see her do it again, so this morning I said, "Adel, fahr." ("Ride" in Yiddish.) And she scooted.
Ten minutes later when I finally found my eyes that popped out of their sockets and put them back in, I told her to ride again. And she rocked back and forth. And again, and again.
So, not only did she learn how to get around, she also understands when I ask her to do it!

And if that's not enough for you, today she just woke up in the morning and started babbling. Mamamamama. Memememememama. Mamababama.

I got the babbling on video and will post it soon. I wasn't able to get her scooting on video yet. Hopefully soon!

I'm one happy Mama today!

This more than makes up for the $200 bill I received for the renal sonogram which for some reason wasn't covered by insurance and the awful toothache I have that will likely end in a root canal sooner rather than later...