Another week...

Eliana had sort of a tough week as she caught a cold and three new teeth are coming in. To complement the two bottom teeth already in, she's getting the opposing two tops ones, plus one more on the bottom, to the right of the two already there.

So she's been pretty clingy and prefers to sleep in Mommy's arms. Here's a video that shows her nose is congested, which makes her breathing sound like Darth Vader's.

So we have official documentation of Eliana's first words. She's said them often enough that we know it's not a coincidence. We have a bird feeder outside of the kitchen window. From her high chair, she can watch the birds come and go and now says "bird". And at the end of the video, she makes bird-like noises but she's been doing that all her life.

Eliana also says "book", "bye" (after someone hangs up on the phone), and "boo" (as in peek-a-boo). She doesn't say it here, but knows how to play the game.

She's also getting more clever with little things. She has just now figured out how to scoop water out of the bathtub.

And her love affair with the neighbor's cat continues.

And the cat seems fond, or at least very tolerant, of Eliana too.