Beach trip

We had a great time at the beach.  Sweet Pea absolutely loved splashing in the waves and didn't even mind when the water splashed in her face.  She would lick her lips over and over again to taste the salty water.  Too cute.  She didn't love the sand, but was really a good sport the whole time.  We forgot our camera the first day down at the beach when she was in a super happy mood, but did get some good pics the next day even though she was pretty sleepy.

We did discover that she is cutting *four* new teeth right now, so that helps to explain the recent fussiness.  Also her new independence by being able to crawl both excites her and frustrates her.  Now she knows she can go other places and knows we exist when we step out of her sight, so her separation anxiety has heightened again.  All weekend when I would leave the room, she would cry "nanananana" until she could see me again.  The past couple of days I've started hearing her say "Mama" a few times, but not consistently yet.  It's still such a sweet thing to hear though...

We go to court this afternoon for a permanency hearing.  I don't imagine we'll hear anything new there, but I'll be glad to have this behind us.  It's just one more step to termination, then moving toward adoption and that's a great goal to have  :)