Celebrate! Unity

Yesterday Unity celebrated her first Thanksgiving day. We usually spend the Thanksgiving holiday in New Jersey with my family. Unity had a blast with her Meme and Pop Pop, and numerous Aunts and Uncles. She spent most of the day showing off all the new things she can do!

We arrived in New Jersey on Wednesday night. We were uncertain how Unity would handle the 3.5 hour drive. She is so off and on with the car. We were lucky this time and she slept most of the ride. Hopefully the ride home is as calm. On Thursday Unity woke up as usual around 5:30am. Mommy and daddy experience no mercy regarding Unity's early morning schedule. She spent the morning hanging out with her grandparents and crawling all over their apartment. After which we all went to Unity's Auntie Mary's for dinner and festivities.

In the past month Unity has really mastered crawling. She is always on the go! We are really excited about this because she has been so ambitious about walking that we were fearful she would skip this critical step. About 2 weeks ago Unity has started to lift herself into a standing position. She stands up, turns around and proceeds to walk.. then quickly realizes that she does not know how to walk yet and comes crashing down. At this rate we are expecting Unity to have taken her first step by Christmas. Although we would like it if she waited a few more months.

Unity has also started to attempt words. She crawls around the house repeating "da da da da". She now calls me "adah" and will whisper it in my ear. She also waves hello and bye bye to people and attempts to say "Hi" though it is more like "hahhhh". She is also investigating the louder ranges of her voice and now realizes she can scream... unfortunately.

We are staying in New Jersey till Saturday night. We had a relaxing day today and Unity enjoyed a nice afternoon window shopping and watching Christmas carolers in Chester Village. Tomorrow we will try to get some time in with friends and then head back to Rhode Island at Unity's bed time.