I cannot believe how much Lillian has changed since we moved.... I always felt she was independent but my goodness she is a lot more now. Ever since she learned how to go down the stairs it seems like she can do a lot more. Every morning (even before the move) we'd bring her into our bed and get some cuddle time while she had her morning bottle. Our bed used to be raised but didn't bring over the blocks when we brought the bed over to the new place, so it is a normal sized bed currently. After her bottle she wants nothing to do with us anymore and slides down to the bottom of the bed and gets herself off just the same way she goes down the stairs. I will say bye bye and she blows kisses then she is off! She barely plays with her toys any more and just wants to play on the darn stairs. When we have gates up she is forced to play with other things.
Before the move, Lillian would sign "more" and sometimes "all done". Now she uses a lot more words like help, more, up, cat, (along with her usual ma, da, bye and hi) and the other day she said "Oli" (one of the cat's names). Her latest thing has also been "uh-oh".... it is the clearest set of words she says. She uses it correctly too, it is quite amazing. She will say it when she drops something either by accident or on purpose, when we drop something and she is even saying it when someone else (even a stranger) drops something! Oh and she can now pull herself up on things, or at least tries.... I've caught her trying to reach something we have placed on the desk or dresser and she will get on her tip toes, grab the top and try to pull up to grab it! I'm looking forward to having more things unpacked because she is currently getting into everything! and a lot of things she knows she is not supposed to have; however, she does listen extremely well and sometimes will test you but not often if you have already told her "no".
With her continued development of independence she has also learned the art of a temper tantrum. It is really quite comical most of the time. She will either throw her head back while standing and make a "waaaa" sound or lately she will throw herself on the floor. We don't really pay much attention to it, just laugh, tell her what we are going to do or why she can't have whatever she wanted and move on. She may fuss for a few seconds afterwards but it never really lasts that long. I guess I just find it funny to watch. With her developing so much independence and being much more of a little person than a baby (or at least I think so) it makes me want to have another baby.... but that will happen soon enough. For the time being we are just loving our Lillian as much as we can, pushing her to explore new things and celebrating all her milestones and accomplishments.
