Father's Day

Today is Father's Day, but alas no father is here yet. Maria was being very chatty this morning, so we called Manolis and as soon as she heard his voice, she was quiet as a mouse. I think she was listening for bits of wisdom. As soon as we hung up, she started talking again. Funny!

Yesterday Uncle Andy and I took Maria swimming again at her Phoenix grandparents' pool. She did really well! Much improved over last week. She wasn't as nervous about being in the water, she floated alone, moved her legs a little bit, splashed a little bit with her arms. The best part, however, was when Andy held her in the water on the steps, so her feet were touching and I think it made her feel more stable. She was "walking" on the steps, and that's when she was splashing with her arms. It was great -- so now we know what to do.

And speaking of teeth -- she's got the 2 upper and 2 lower, and the lower left one that's pretty much totally broken through now; but yesterday in the pool I noticed one just about to break through on the upper right, and something that looks like a tooth should be coming soon on the upper left - wow! That's a lot of teeth all of a sudden. I've been frequently giving her bits of banana, un-pureed cottage cheese, and less-pureed foods, and she's doing great with them. She hardly even gags anymore, just chews them up.

Hopefully we'll have good news about Manolis by next Sunday...