Documentation

Matilda doesn't have a proper baby book - I guess I should add "yet." I'm hoping we will get to it. In the meantime we try to write big things on the calendar when they happen, or in the comments on Flickr or here. Matilda seems to have done lots of new little tricks over the past week that I wanted to remember so I am just going to throw them all up here:

• Matilda will now hand you things when you ask for them and hold your hand out - most of the time. If it is something she knows she shouldn't have she will generally take off smiling in the other direction or drop it and turn as if she was never holding it.
  
• Today while standing next to Tim she took one step sideways while standing independently. She can free stand for longer and longer now but this was the first time we witnessed a step like that!
  
• Since getting a fresh round of stuffed toys for Christmas we have been doing lots of play interacting with all the new household members. We discovered today Matilda gets really upset and shrieks if her stuffed animals pretend to nurse. She also started to tease the monkey today. It was so funny to watch - she would offer up a toy and then pull it back laughing before the monkey puppet could grab it.
  
• If anyone is getting into the shower or bathtub Matilda very vocally will express her desire to join them. Tim was trying to have a nice relaxing soak for his bum knee and ended up with a squirmy girl in the tub too. She just about threw herself headfirst in after him she was so excited.