Here's another little video of us playing in Monterey. Here we stopped along our walk and Sarina had lots of fun playing with the wood chips. She kindly shared her wood chips and shares some of her little, I'm mildly amused laughs.
Somehow Sarina got on the "Adult" side of the barrier fence (that is the computer/office area) and Smita on the "play" side. They quickly engaged in a very fun game of poke mommy's nose through the fence. Sarina found this hilarious... (I think it was Mommy's sound effects that did the trick)
Here's a little video of Smita singing to Sarina... Smita has been singing to Sarina since she was a wee baby. Now that Sarina understands and communicates more, she participates in songs and of course always tells Mommy she wants more singing. Here we're hanging out on the coast of Monterey, singing and pointing at our her bellies...
Here's a little video of us out for a walk in Monterey. As you can see, Sarina often prefers walking (and sometimes running) by herself rather than being pushed in the stroller. One of her favorite hobbies continues to be spotting dogs. She's always excited to see a dog and yells out, "daaaaa," "daaaa" She also usually barks at them.. something like "whooo, whooo." All lots of fun and very cute. (Sorry for the wobbly video, I had to keep running to keep up with her!)
We went off to Monterey this weekend and had a great time enjoying the great weather and all the fun Monterey things to do! We stayed at the beautiful Monterey Plaza Hotel and had fun running around the back ocean terrace and watching the otters and sea lions swimming in the Ocean. We also visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium (two times!) and explored the town. Sarina's favorite things to do were go on long walking (and sometimes running) trips along the walking trails. Here's some pictures.. videos to come.
One more video from playing on the beach we wanted to share. Sarina LOVES playing in the sand.. on the beach and in the sandbox. You'll notice the very sudden end to the video when a handful of sand goes in her mouth... I think she's finally learned that sand doesn't taste so good.
Daddy has been letting Sarina "fly" since she was just a wee tike. She's turned into an adventure lover as a result and is bound to turn out to be a thrill seeker. No fear!
Everyone asks how I'm possible ok with my husband throwing my daughter up in the air... my response is that he loves her at least as much as I do and would never ever let her get hurt - and he has good hands!
We took Sarina hiking last weekend to Tennesee Valley. We kept hoping she would take a nap in the stroller while we pushed through the lush valley, but she was up staring at the scenery and very excited to arrive at the beach! She loved walking around, checking out the waves and playing with (eating) the sand.
We have taken a lot of videos as of late - here are another two little ones. During the second one Sarina walked straight into my phone :) Extreme close up!
Here's a little video of Sarina hanging out in the laundry basket (like the loves to do)... here she plays a little game of sky surfing where she balances with the basket in the air. After the first session she shows the sign language sign for "more"... which in this case means, do it again!! She's very good at the more sign for everything from things she wants to keep playing to asking for more food of a certain kind she likes.
Over the past few weeks, Sarina has started to get very good at communicating. We've been teaching her baby sign language and she now is very good at the signs for milk, more, food, help, etc. She also understands more and more including the parts of her body and some animals. In particular, she is quite good at spotting dogs and monkeys - she identifies both with her version of their names and sounds. For dog, its "dah" and the bark is "whoo whoo." And Monkey she gets "haaa haaa haaa." In this video she is waving, getting her body parts and she finds a monkey on her play tent. Getting very smart!
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