(T)arina and (A)tkins in Chicago

Maybe holding objects isn’t exactly a “talent” but it is something new for her. She isn’t quite grabbing them on her own, though I think that’s coming soon. Tonight she held the same rattle as in these pics and moved it to her mouth. It’s the first non-hand object that she has put in her mouth. (I’m obviously not counting the nipple here.) Anyway, I took these pics a couple days ago when we had just finished some tummy time and were working on grasping. She loved to look at the camera. I’m guessing because it’s a shiny silver thing and was in her face a bit. The result were 8 or 9 super cute pics. Here’s a couple:

The fun and amazing thing to me as I watch her learn new skills is that she has to figure out all the things that we take for granted: holding her head up, grasping objects, deciphering patterns, talking, sitting up, etc. The list goes on. There are probably hundreds of things that you and I do easily every day that she has to actually train herself to do.

Being here to watch her learn to do these things is a blessing.