13 Months and 1 week

 13 Months - She's a big girl now!

 Every day when Dad gets home from work, she reaches for his pen.  She gets to hold it a few minutes and then he puts it back in his shirt.  She's proud when she finds it.

 Belinda is learning how to make different faces.  She makes an Oooo face, and an Ahhh face.  They're so cute!

Belinda also likes to tilt her head at dinner time.  Brad finds it challenging to feed her at an angle.

We love this little girl.  She amazes us more and more every day!

Apples

Belinda loves apples. 

She didn't always love apples. The first time I tried to cut one up for her, she was not excited to eat it.  In fact, she flung it off her tray, which is what she does when she doesn't want to try something new.

But now she loves apples.  On Monday we were shopping for groceries.  Belinda started yelling that she didn't want to be in the cart any longer.  She made a few squawks and a lady in the produce section suggested that I give her an apple.  What a fabulous suggestion.  Belinda grasped it and began taking tiny bites.  She kept busy through the check-out line and all the way home.  It was so cute to see her eating this apple with her sharp teeth.

 

 Quick video of her apple love

 I took her to the library today, and an apple once again kept busy and happy.  I never knew an apple could be so entertaining.