half birthday!

today is penny's half birthday, as you can see from this photo:

she is army crawling all over the place, with surprising speed!  if you are confused as to where the cords are in your home, please just invite penny over, and she will find them for you.
we've been having some trouble getting her to sleep lately, especially naps.  i think she's excited about the world and doesn't want to miss anything, coupled with the beginning of separation anxiety.  we're working through it, but it's a bit of a slog.
she's added peas and prunes to her food repetiore, and prunes are running a very close second to the perennial favorite, bananas.
penny has started really playing this week.  she bangs toys together, knocks down stacked blocks, has discovered her crate of toys and takes her favorites out, and will find actions or noises so funny that she quite literally falls over laughing.  as it turns out, we have a pretty cute baby, but don't take my word for it...