Grabbing...

For the past two weeks I've been trying to get Olivia to reach for her toys. I would take her hands and make her touch different objects repeatedly. She would stare at her own hands with a lot of interest, but unless the toy flashed colorful lights and played snazzy music, she didn't seem too enthralled.

I was watching her this morning as she played on her "gym" (weird name for it, but that is what they call it) and noticed that she was batting at the animals dangling above her. I didn't want to be one of those parents that gets overly excited about their budding genius, especially because I thought it was quite possibly a fluke, but as I watched her more closely I realized that she really was touching them intentionally.

I was so excited! So, of course Tyler and I whipped out the video camera and caught it all on tape. Although part of me wants her to stay little forever, another part of me can't wait for each milestone (everyday I tell Tyler how I can't wait until I can feed her with a spoon!).

As exciting as this is, I know I can say good-bye to keeping things within her reach. I'll probably end up with plenty of food in my lap, earrings yanked out of my ears, and a child screaming for whatever I have in my hands. Good-bye peaceful story-time with no worries of her tearing the pages, and hello board books!

Until then, I'm just excited that she is reaching for things!