Baby Pearlman: Fall

The seasons are changing here in Ladera Ranch and fall is in the air. As hard as it will be to say good bye to one of the best summers of our lifes we are excited for this new season and all the fun it will bring. We just finished putting up the Halloween decorations & Odesa loves them. She talks about Halloween all the time. She is going to be a witch though I think if she could pick she would have been a pirate! She is really into pirates & says "arr" all the time.

Some new things:

Jumping- she loves to jump on the couch, bed, floor- anywhere!

Teeth- we are now at 11 with more on their way. She also is much better about letting us brush her teeth, as long as she gets to floss at the end- loves floss!

Sleeping- we are now sleeping through the night at a more regular schedule.

Bed Time- Odesa now not only lets Mike put her to sleep she requests him!

Odesa- she now knows her name. She has been responding to it for over a year now but when you ask her what her name is she has always replied "baby." Now she says Odesa & talks about herself in the third person.

Impersonations- Odesa now can impersonate some of her favorite characters, Goofy is a personal favorite, " oh garsh!"

Jake- The biggest change is she now has a new best buddy who she sees 4 days a week. Jakey. He is the cutest, sweetest little dude and we all have a blast together.

Guitar- Mike finally got his guitar fixed and has been playing for Odesa. She is obsessed & asks for daddy & the guitar all day long. I finally had to hide it because she was getting so worked up over it.

Colors- She is learning her colors, so far we have yellow, orange, green & blue down pat.

Counting- Odesa can now count to 13.

Shapes- We are also working on shapes & know heart, circle, square & star.

Ring around the rosies- Loves it, plays it with everyone even the stuffed animals.

Swimming- by the end of this summer Odesa was holding her breath under water really well. She can now jump in the pool on her own, go under & then we help her back up.

We have still yet to get a night away from her but though I always blame it on the breast feeding neither of us are really ready to spend a night without her.