Speaking of the kiddo, she's growing and changing every day, as anyone who follows the baby blog, has seen us lately, or is friends with V on fakebook is well aware. She's on the verge of walking, she just needs that push to give it a try on her own. Not that we want her to rush into it, nor are we making any attempts to push her toward it. If she wants to wait longer, that's fine with both of us. Aside from that, her vocabulary continues to grow, she wants us to read to her several times a day, she's eating all kinds of food (mostly veggies and fruit, though she's had some small pieces of meat too and loves rice), and her comedic timing is excellent. Oh, and whenever we go out she's happy to be the center of attention.
Some of my favorite things she does: growls "papa", "mama", and "cat-cat" (often loudly); sits on her knees and dances (working on getting video of this); holds objects up to her head and says "hat?"; waves her arms up & down excitedly, especially when she has a toy in each hand & they go flying; occasionally pronounces the word "book" as "bup-k"; and she does this hilarious high-pitched squawking-like-a-bird noise, which is even funnier when she drags it out. All of those things make me smile if not laugh...we really have a lot of fun around here now.
Our fun may get cut a little shorter in the near future, however, as I'm back to job-hunting. I'm hoping to get something part-time since I REALLY don't want to give up being home with her, but if something full-time comes along that pays well enough I probably won't turn it down. Though I'll be tempted to pass on it just to keep as much time with E as I can get. :P
Aside from all of the above, we've had many social engagements over the past month. My sister stayed with us for most of a week, because she had various events to attend in Austin & didn't feel like driving an hour or so each way from her home every day (which is understandable since her baby will be arriving about a month from now). We went to Dallas for 4th of July weekend, but E was being a pain & wouldn't let us leave her alone or even put her down for long. That meant we only got to spend time with family, which isn't all bad mind you but it'd be nice if I could see some of my friends for a change. I miss them. Then this past Friday we went to a cookout at a couple's house that V met through Google+. They have a daughter too who's about to turn 4, and all 6 of us got along great. It was one of those rare occasions where you meet people for the first time and there's not a single moment of awkwardness, as if you've always been friends & just didn't realize it yet. Very very cool. We're looking forward to hanging out with them again soon!
Finally, I've been keeping busy on Listal (which may also account for my ignoring this blog). Last month I got on a kick of posting meme lists, based mostly off of existing ones that have made the rounds on the site. You've probably seen similar ones on other social networking sites, but the way Listal is set-up makes for a much more enjoyable experience I think than just reading typed answers. Anyway, I say "mostly" because there were questions on each of the memes that I didn't care for & therefore eliminated & replaced with my own instead. The "30 Days, 30 People" lists were the worst IMO, so I completely created my own version. You can check out ALL of my meme lists via my 30 Days lists list.
I also came across a wonderful list by another user called "Few things I love about cinema", which I loved so much I had to create my own (the original list is linked to in mine if you want to check it out too). It's currently the list with the most votes out of all the ones I've created, so I'm pretty proud with the way it turned out. I've also turned over my Netflix instant queue to Listal for the summer by letting them vote on which films I most need to watch. I'm not doing a very good job of going in order so far (mainly because the top film, Casino, is 3 hours long...when do I have time for that?), but I've seen more good/Great films lately than bad ones.
All right, well, she's awake so I'd better go take care of/entertain her....
