Learning and Growing

Whitney continues to amaze us with how smart she is.  She can point out her nose or her head or her teeth, but she won't do it for the camera, go figure.  She also really likes to beep our nose.  That usually starts out soft, but then she goes in for the kill and pinches as hard as she can.  Where did she learn that?  Here is a movie of Whitney feeding mommy.

When there is food that we don't want Whitney to touch, only to try, we just stick it straight in her mouth.  I guess she decided I looked hungry or something because she kept offering the food back to me and got upset if I wouldn't take it. 
Whitney received a couple of really cool presents from Scott and Emily.  She liked this ball toy.

Will also really likes this toy.  Every time he comes home from work, he turns it on and watches the balls.  I am not sure who likes the toy more.  But it is a really cool toy because the balls shoot out and it plays music  and all that cool stuff.  Thanks guys for the presents.

Here Whitney is holding her new sunglasses that she also got from Scott and Emily and she has her tongue sticking out.  I cannot get a picture of Whitney wearing the glasses because she likes to play with them more than keep them on.  So I will keep trying because she looks really cute in her sunglasses.  We are hoping these glasses will prevent her from stealing our glasses, but so far it isn't working.

Whitney just sits calmly on the couch.  She now knows how to get safely off the couch (by going feet first and facing backwards), so we aren't so worried about her falling off if we leave her there for a minute while we grab something.

Finally, Whitney has learned to read.  Just kidding, but she does really love books.  She is always grabbing them from off shelves and shoving them in our faces to get us to read them to her.  Thankfully, she does have a pretty good selection of books, so I don't have to read the same five to her over and over.  But still, how many times can you want to hear There's a Wocket in My Pocket or The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear?  I am glad she really enjoys books though because I think it is a great hobby to get into.  Anyway, things are going well here in Cheney.  Whitney caught the flu somehow and had it for 1 1/2 weeks, so we were cleaning up a lot of throw up for awhile.  But now everything is better and we are grateful.  Next year though, she is definitely getting the flu shot.  Just don't tell her that.  Lots of love to everyone from your good friends in Cheney.