More mobile, more vocal...

We'll be needing to set up the baby gates really soon, both at the top and the bottom of the stairs.

She has officially discovered the stairs and thinks it's kind of fun to climb them.
We've been consistenly using baby signs with Eliana. It's basically a few words using sign language and babies often learn them so they can communicate even if they can't sound out the words. One of the signs is for "all done" and we usually use it to ask her if she's done eating at the end of a meal. Now she does it when she wants to be free of her high chair.

And other times, Eliana goes into what can only be described as expository orations. One can only guess at what she's saying, much less what she's thinking. But whatever she is saying, she sure is passionate about it.

And this will be our last post for a little while as on Saturday, we will be leaving for a week-long cruise to Alaska. We are very excited about it. After having her own room for the past few months, Eliana will once again share a room with Mommy and Daddy. That'll be an interesting experience and we'll let you know how that turns out. Here she is doing some planning for next week.