dressing her self and buckling buckles

Sierra is definitely trying to grow up way too fast!!!

Buckles:
recently, she has been consumed with figuring out how to buckle the buckles on her highchair, car seat and on all the baby things we've recently pulled out - swing, bouncer, etc. typically it's hard for one toy/thing to hold her attention for too long, but she can try and try and try buckling for quite a long time - usually when she's not sitting in the chair, but just standing in front of it working on the buckle! she is soooo determined! she's been doing this for a few weeks and has finally gotten the hang of it...this is going to end up being really helpful for me when the baby comes! and it's precious when she gets it because yells YAYYYYY! and looks over at me with this huge smile, waiting for praise on what a big girl she is  :)  now she is trying to figure out how to unbuckle...that one's a bit tougher.

Dressing:
oh yes, she has also become obsessed with putting on pants - several of them at the same time. she will pull out all her pajama pants (the only ones she can reach from her dresser), sit down and start to put her legs through them. after a couple weeks of trying, she is getting pretty good! she can get them as far as up to her knees and then needs helping pulling them all the way up. sometimes shirts end up on her legs too! it's pretty funny, but can be a challenge when we are actually in a hurry to get dressed (with only one pair of pants...or a dress without pants!) and get out the door. again, this is another activity that can keep her interest for quite a long time! great for when mommy needs to get dressed and ready for the day!!

and side note, she is really improving with handling her frustration!! she has always gotten easily frustrated when she couldn't quickly figure something out and would grunt/whine and often throw something to let you know she was upset. i told her instead she needed to ask for help saying "help please" and now she does it with this really sweet voice and then waits patiently for help ... without the frustration noises!! i'm pretty amazed!! and thankful  :)

(she is crying because she bumped her head on the dresser...not because she put her legs through a shirt!)