"Da-da"

This week Caitlin figured out how to open the cabinet doors in the kitchen.. In the 1st picture, she was standing at the kitchen island opening and closing the door and laughing and smiling the whole time. We've been paying extra attention to her when we're in the kitchen now and will need to get the cabinet doors baby proofed soon. She is walking around now more than ever and loves to explore. She's started pulling out hats and trying to put them on herself and will take them off of our heads if we have one on. The only thing that seems to be able to divert her attention from exploring is cartoons! She really seems to enjoy Mickey's Playhouse and watched The Cat in the Hat this afternoon. She seems to enjoy watching them but we're trying to limit her viewing so she doesn't become a couch potato! :-)

This week she also said her first words (we think)! She's pointed at Shiloh in the past and said "Doggie" and has pointed at a baby and said "baby" but we were never positive that she wasn't just making her normal babbling sounds. This week though, she pointed at me and said "Da-da" on several occasions. Each time, she pointed at me and smiled and said it! It was so cool! She also understands some of what we're saying as well. She understands "come here", "no", "cookie" and "food" among other things.

In other news, she also has another tooth coming out! She now has her 5th tooth coming out on top and has 2 out on the bottom. She's teething quite a bit and seems to be using her pacifier more now than she did when she was younger. She also moved off of formula this week and is on milk only now. She's doing great with that and seems to enjoy it. She also tried drinking water from my water bottle this week. Now when she sees me with a bottle of water she'll come stand next to me and open her mouth really wide. She acts like drinking from a real bottle is a fun game and really enjoys it. :-)

This week should be pretty busy. Caitlin has an appointment with the eye doctor for a follow up to her appointment that she had 6 months ago. I'll update with how the appointment goes. Hope everyone has a great week!