7 1/2 months

Tabitha is 7 1/2 months old right now. She amazes us every single day. Her skills improve by the hour. She is completely and utterly facinated with wires. Wires from the computer, wires in the back of the TV, wires from the home network to the upstairs. I never knew just how many wires were actually in this house until Tabitha decided that she had to have them all.
She is now mobile.
Remember the video from the last post?
She is 10x better at it today than she was when I did that. Not fast, but mobile and agile.
She loves Gerber Veggie Puffs. She just figured out how to get them in her mouth and she wont stop! She reaches and grabs the container and wants more. I have been trying to teach her the sign for 'more'. She understands the sign and giggles when I do it but she cannot imitate it right now. She will do a gross approximation that only I understand. I suppose that is not different from other language acquisitions.
She also understands the sign for 'milk' and 'all done'. She also started vocalizing loudly the phoneme 'maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa'
I, of course want to believe that she is saying mom but realistically, she isnt.
Tabitha gets so angry when we take things away from her that she shouldnt have or if I walk by her and do not pick her up or pay adequate (in her mind) attention to her.
SUCH a little stinker huh?
She still is not a great sleeper. She is doing better but not great. At least 3 wakings a night. A dramatic improvement over every hour but still, I wish and long for longer stretches of sleep. I can sleep when I am dead I guess.
Tabitha is about to become an international traveler.
How many American citizens have been out of the country in their entire lifetime? She is going to make it before she is a year old. How cool is that?
We have her passport and we are ready for her first international stamp. It will be from Puerto Rico (not really international per se) and then from Antigua, the final destination. Family trip to the beach, gotta love it.
I promise to take many pictures when we are there. If I have net access I will post some for you to see.
We have much love for you