Bag O'Tricks

Isabel had a grand time at the library today. We were at circle, singing songs and reading books and she was, as she always is when there are othere wee ones around, much more interested in them than anything else going on. She striked up conversations, even tried winning over some of the moms with smiles. At one point she was so fascinated with the book that was being read she absolutly had to crawl across the room and sit down directly in front of the book to watch. Then when the story was over she crawled right back to me. Too cute. Then she started to pay a bit more attention to the action that was going on in the circle. When everyone clapped she did too. When the mommies were singing she decided to join in (still needs to distinguish between outside/inside voice). Oh and she "danced" along with the songs also (jumping). I can't believe how far she has come in the past 9 months.Just in this past month alone she figured out how to clap, raise her arms to play "How big is Isabel?", wave bye-bye and say it, said her first word (duck), pulled herself up to stand, walking with help and is even starting to cruise (walk along the furniture). Amazing. I think this past month I learned about a new computer program and that's it. Izzy is grooving away and I think that by Christmas she'll be walking all onher own.