Melina is 10 months old!

Today is Melina's 10 month birthday. As listed in the previous post, she is learning new skills rapidly. We are practising how to walk, although she crosses one foot in front of the other. We say she's doing the "model" walk. Today she learned how to stretch her arm and open and close her hand to say "bye-bye" and "ciao-ciao". From what we learned in a communication class for infants, if we want to help her learn sign language, we must always use the action with the word. In this case, we will try to incorporate both English and Spanish. She seemed to understand that "bye" and "ciao" means the same thing.

It is unbelievable that Melina is 10 months old already. The months have passed so fast. In two months, she will already be one year old! We certainly appreciate each day Karen has on maternity leave. She is going to miss her very much when she has to go back to work. But Lucas will get to spend more time with Melina. Day care is still uncertain as we are on numerous waiting lists. Lucas might have to juggle doing his work at home to take care of Melina until we can secure a spot for a day care or home care for her.

Now, we are enjoying our time in Argentina. Not a week has passed and she has met so many people. She is such an entertainer. Always smiling and "dadada" to every person she meets.