Angel Baby

Birdie is such an observant baby. She is still not walking, which really concerns me none, but does concern others around us. She cruises around, holding onto things, but has no interest in letting go at this point. She has her mind on other things, I suppose.

At the daycare the other day, the director said that Birdie was whining and she wasn't sure why. She decided to undo her onesie so Birdie could touch her belly button rather than pushing it through her clothes. She said that she immediately stopped whining and began sucking her thumb and pushing her belly button in and out:)

Last weekend, Lou Lou decided to teach my mom (MaJe) some of her new ballet exercies. In turn, MaJe taught Lou Lou some of her Wellness Center exercises. I took part in all of these lessons, and Birdie sat and watched. After a few minutes of observation, Birdie got down on her stomach, put her hands down in front of her as if to begin doing a push up, and made grunting noises as if she was really giving herself a workout:).

On Wednesday night, we decided to do our devotion and prayer early because I had choir practice that night, and that usually means they're in bed before I get back home. After reading out of both devotion books (Joey's preschool one and the twins' more in-depth Bible story book), we all got on our knees to pray, everyone but Birdie. During devotion time, she typically sits around, looks at us, plays with her toys, and puts things in her mouth. I prayed, then Jimmy prayed, and then he asked the children if they wanted to pray. For some reason, they each said no, so then he looked at Birdie and said, "Birdie, do you want to pray?". She immediately got down on her stomach with her hands under her face and said, "Ah goo gah." Then she lifted her head back up, went back to a sitting position, and smiled a big grin at us as if to say, "Thought you'd never ask!".

Birdie is also very into praying before a meal. On Thanksgiving, when I set her plate down on the highchair at MaMa's house, I would have thought that she would have immediately begun eating. Instead, she held out her hand to me, so I held her hand and started to pray. What an angel baby!