Lilian,
You are cute and funny. Today we were at a play space and I was talking to another Mom while you and the other kids played about. But then you stopped and came crawling over to me at a very fast pace and climbed up me and while I was still talking you stood up, leaned on me and put both hands on either side of my cheeks leaning your face forward towards mine like MOM – HELLO?! I’M TRYING TO GET YOUR ATTENTION HERE. And then you furrowed your brow and said very seriously,”Muh Muh” which is your sign for ‘I’m hungry/thirsty”. So I said, “Oh. Ok. Sorry Lili.”
We then marched over to the food bag and I pulled out a cracker and you shook your head NO. Then you pointed and grunted at the juice box container and nodded YES. I put the little mini straw in the juice box and you sipped it right out of the straw (!) taking little breaks and sipping some more.
This sounds like the worlds most boring story, right? But to me it is not. When you have your first kid you spend the first year of their life in total darkness as to what they want or need. Are they hungry? Tired? Did they poop? Pee? Do they have gas? WHAT IS THE DEAL???? For us this is an amazing stage that we are excited about as her parents because our kid is actually starting to communicate with us in ways we understand. I look forward to this brief window until the terrible twos hit when from what I hear – this all goes out the window.
