Just Jasmin

This post is just about Jasmin.  In the last month she sure has grown a lot.  Physically and mentally.  How is it that she took her first steps on April 1st (she was 8 1/2 months old) and by April 18 she was using walking as her preferred mode of transportation (9 months and 3 days). I think she crawled for less than a week.  Yes, she has been army crawling for a while, but crawling on her hands and knees was very short.  As she started walking she must have begun to think that she was "big" now because she has had a lot of first since then and has almost out grown her babiness.  What Jasmin has been up to, here we go!

Using the walker.  It was shortly after this that she took her first steps.  I knew she was ready for the walker because she had been standing and walking around the furniture for such a long time.

Jasmin's first time walking all by herself. (2nd set of steps.  She walked from Robert to me once right before this, but we did not catch it on camera.  It was the same day, just moments before this.)

 

And here Jasmin the following week.  On April 8 she just started to walk away from the couch and walk to me.  She thought it was so fun! She really enjoys the praise that and cheering she got.  I think that was her motivation.
 

Jasmin decided about a month ago that she did not want to eat any baby food anymore.  No more cereal no more baby food mush!  So now I spend the first 5-10 minutes of our meal cutting up whatever it is that we are eating so Jasmin can eat. And she really wont let me feed her, she has to do it all by herself. 

Evidence of Jasmin's fist ice cream.

First time eating spaghetti.  She loved it!

yummy!

 We went to the zoo on opening day.  Jasmin loved the animals!  She would make noises at them.  She even growled at the lion copying what Kenya was doing.

At the zoo for the first time this year. 

With Daddy at the zoo.  You can see her two bottom teeth in this photo.

At Bear World before the bears attacked.  

Sister sharing her ice cream at bear world.  Kenya is great at wanting to share, most of the time!

Fish face!

 Just yesterday we went to the Kite Festival.  Jasmin of course wanted out of the stroller to walk around.  Here she is, out walking 9 month old. 

Such cute sister!

Other things about Jasmin.  

She has begun to use the "mawh" noise when giving kisses.  She loves to give kisses.  She kisses any toy with a face, This, and just about anyone she knows.  She is just a sweetheart.  

She knows some animal noises: cow, goat, dog, cat, horse 

She does pat-a-cake

She now says "Nice kitty" 

She mimics "I love you"  She is not saying the words yet, but she has the rhythm and fluctuation down.

The signs she uses are "all done" "more" "drink"

She is growing up all too fast.  She enjoys reading books and  playing with us and playing by herself if she ever gets the chance.  Kenya seems to think that she need to touching her and in her face 100% of the time she is awake. 

What do you think, do they look very much alike?