And now for a REAL milestone

This week Ada hit an important milestone. No, she's not walking, or even really standing for more than a few, proud seconds. More important than such a mundane achievement as increased mobility, my daughter has learned to zrrbtt.

Over the past few days, Ada (who has been obsessed with bellies for several weeks now) will sidle over to my belly, lean (or more accurately, lunge) over and plant a wet, noisy zrbbt on me. I laugh, she laughs, we repeat. I try to get in a zrbtt or two on her belly. She thinks this is funny, but not quite as good as her own loud belly-raspberries. She loves doing this so much that she'll zrbtt other things. Last week I watched her repeatedly and gleefully zrbtt the kitchen floor. After spending the whole day with her, Chris reported that Ada zrbtted all her stuffed toys. He'd hand one over, she'd give it a zrbtt, and then reach out for another.

Even better than Ada's newfound skill is the fact that she knows the word "zrbtt" and will (when so inclined) give me one when I ask for it. "Can you give Mama's belly a zrbtt?" is often met with a big smile and a sloppy raspberry. She's known what a belly is for a while, probably because Chris likes to grab his and jiggle it while saying "papa's belly!" (It makes Ada laugh, and Chris is a sucker for her approval.)