Chomping, Signing, Standing

Someone's mom has been a little busy lately, but she must now post some Tillie pics in order to soothe the angry, commenting masses.

Two Front Teef
Tillie's two bottom chompers finally busted through. Now she makes clicking noises when she mouths things and leaves the tiniest little bite marks in bits of cheese and apple.

This Is the Sign for Hat
Tillie can do the baby signs for dog, hat, book, hi/bye, and gimme five. Now, before you get too excited and start calling your local Harvard representative, she doesn't necessarily know what these words mean. She definitely knows what "dog" means. The others she just does on verbal cue. Her two favorites are "hat" and "hi" - which she sometimes combines into "hi-hat" for both salutations and exclamations. Our house guests Mike and Amy are trying to teach her the sign for hammer, a very important word for conversing with them.

First Pullup - a Victory
Tillie used to do a lot of grunting and straining to get into a standing position, but now she does it almost effortlessly.