Eating like a big girl

Everyday this little one of ours does something new and excitting - or so it seems. Over the last few weeks, we have been putting baby silverware on the tray with her while she eats. She has been bound and determined for sometime now that we are not going to help her eat - she is going to do it by herself. Sometimes she will pick them up and hold them while she is eating, but she has never actually used the spoon or fork to actually feed herself. UNTIL YESTERDAY! She had taken her go-gurt and squirted it onto her tray.,and instead of taking her hand and eating it off of her hand, she picked up the spoon, dipped it into the yougurt and put it in her mouth. Of course, she continued doing this because we made such a big fuss over it! The amazing thing is is that we haven't been working on this with her or showing her how to eat off of spoons or forks. She just picked it up from watching us.

She also has figured out how to not only turn on, but open the dvd player. (And climb on the coffee table!)

The picture included is of Addie trying to eat like a big girl at a bar stool in our old house in VA.