A few little firsts...

Alyssa can now feed herself! While we eat we always sit Alyssa in her highchair so she can get used to sitting/behaving at the table. Lately we have been putting cheerios or gerber graduate puffs on her tray for her to play with/snack on. While eating breakfast Saturday morning she successfully got the first puff into her mouth all by herself. She has been trying for a little bit now but since they pretty much melt in your mouth, they melt to her drooly hands and stick. Since then she has been putting them in one right after another. Its getting easier since shes starting to be able to pinch them more instead of grasp them in her palm to pick them up. Dave was happy that she did a first while he was home and could see her. But now we really need to be careful about all the other tiny things she can grasp and put into her mouth. Its really going to make us hurry up and finish this house so there aren't loose screws and things she can find. Especially since she will be on the move really soon, she already spins and scoots.
She can also now clap her hands, its the cutest thing! This morning when we were eating breakfast I was trying to get her to and she kind of did. When Dave came home for lunch I told him she almost did so we tried to get her to do it and she did! She was imitating us and clapping her little hands. Even though these are little firsts, feeding herself and clapping her hands, Dave and I get SO excited when she does them!
Alyssa's favorite "toy" right now is a tag. A tag on a stuffed animal, the tag on her playmat, the tag that was attached to her carseat when it was checked for our flight, etc. She doesn't care what kind of tag, she just loves them. I take off the paper tags that come on toys and all since when they are mixed with Alyssa drool, they fall apart. So its the little cloth tags that she plays with. One of my friends told me about a stuffed animal type toy that just had tags hanging off it everywhere. I found a site www.taggies.com and I knew Alyssa would love everything on it. The stuff is pretty expensive though so I went to the fabric store and made her a blanket and stuffed toy with tags (pieces of ribbon) all over it. She really likes them.
I am going to try and post a video of bathtime. We lay her on her back (she is completely supervised and we place her head at the back of the tub so theres barely any water even under her head) and she just kicks away!