Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Greta Brielle ~ Ten Months Old

Baby's 1st Christmas!  What an absolute joy to have our baby Greta here this Christmas!  The boys have loved sharing this special time of year with their new baby sister - we all have, of course.  
Greta is growing and blossoming each day - such a dear baby.  The other morning, she woke up before dawn and was sitting in bed with Gary and me when out of nowhere, she said, "What."  With the tone of "what are you looking at?"  She enjoyed our reaction, and joined in our laughter.  She has also started taking delight in making loud noises.  We were in Barnes & Noble just before Christmas and (as my Dad watched the kids in the play center while I finished up some Christmas shopping), I mistook the coffee grinder for Greta's squawking/growling sounds.  She wants to be heard.  ☺  She is a happy little soul.  She adores her lovable big brothers and still loves to kick and play like a little kangaroo.  Her crawling skills are coming along nicely.  She can cover ground quickly, which keeps us all on our toes.  She loves to eat all kinds of foods, and unfortunately mistook puppy poop for a tasty treat just yesterday.  As embarrassed as I am to admit it, it's true.  Our new pup had an undiscovered accident in the house, and Greta was the first to find it.  Ugh.  The combination of her speedy crawling, along with her willingness to try new foods, was a bad mix in this situation.  But there seems to be no harm done.  After eating dog poop, she can never claim any vegetable as "gross," so we have some leverage now in getting her to eat her greens.  Greta has also started clicking her tongue and loves to clap her hands, which she does often - after responding to "How big is Greta?  ....So....BIG!"  She'll keep doing her new trick, as long as she keeps getting the resounding applause we're all prone to give her.  We are having such fun!
We wish you all a very Merry Christmas!!

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