Junior Achievements

At age 11 months, the baby -

Can recognize the family car; when she spots the vehicle, points a finger at it, and produces a funny sound of unquestionable recognition; has not yet revealed she is aware the Opel logo is a lightning bolt or the vehicle was built in Eisenach, but I suspect she somehow knows all this.

Found a shortcut that turns on the music player on the iPhone when the handset is locked without unlocking the device; I had no idea such a shortcut exists, had to check the manual to understand how the baby does it.

Re-discovered gravity, 322 years after Sir Isaac Newton, by plunging head first from a bed onto the floor; gave herself a black eye and learned science requires suffering; did not say anything about the direction of the gravitational force or about the acceleration of objects under the influence of Earth’s mass, not yet.

Can touch the tip of her nose with her index finger when asked; in neurology, this is known as the “finger-nose test”, it is used to assess voluntary eye-motor coordination of the upper limbs and the cerebellar function of the brain.

Walks like an AT-ST walker with a damaged nav system, under fire; read about Imperial chicken walkers in the Star Wars Databank or watch them dance to the tune of the chicken dance.

Photos from May, June, and July 2009, unrelated to these achievements:

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