Leaps and Bounds

Aimee did two incredible things yesterday. Her first, was to leap by herself into the cot by bouncing on the adjacent armchair. She has threatened to do this many times before but seemed to always stop short, perhaps lacking courage, and aware of our disapproval. Instead, she will jump onto the chair and just peer over the edge. But last night, after I picked her up from nursery, she zipped into her bedroom and the next thing knew, she was in the cot (which has very high side panels) and she seemed a bit shocked herself.
The other amazing thing she did happened later in the evening. I was mucking around as I usually do, by tickling her feet (with my chin stubble of all things!) and she screamed ‘Naughty Daddy’! I had to take a double back, but Cat was my witness and we both swear that is what she said. A complete sentence and wholly correct in context – a first for Aimee.
She can also recognise numbers. I thought words came first in the reading scale, but numbers is her thing. Whenever she sees the Number FOUR, she says ‘4’. Brilliant, although she does have a habit of saying ‘4’ to 3,2,1,5,6,7,8,9 too. It’s a start I guess.
Our plan to set up a new home is still hanging in nerve inducing limbo. For reasons far too idiotic to explain, we have yet to exchange contracts and without a date, I cannot plan movers, post redirection, bills, nursery notice etc. And with the prospect of our next baby arriving in October, time is getting perilously short. In the meantime, we keep our fingers crossed and count on the fact that a new home, a new life, is the best thing we will be doing for our young family.