Dear Lili,
Let me play catch up here on your digital baby book and record some things you do as of late:
SITTING: You love sitting on little stools, benches, your bean bag, tiny chairs, etc. You tend to look at the item you are about to sit on turn back around and back your butt into it slowly and then sit down cautiously on the item and give a wide grin because you are proud. It is very cute.
MORE TALKING: You’ve now added (and forgive me for repeats) gracias, fresa, hummus, applesauce, Jack (playmate), Nana (my Mom – you came up with it on your own), Papa (my dad), Ala (your Aunt Aly), Bust (my parents dog Buster) and today the babysitter said you said ‘no mas agua’, breakfast – when I go in your room in the morning I always say good morning and then ‘do you want some breakfast?’ and you always nod furiously and say ‘yes, breakfast’
BAGS: You love to carry bags around with handles and put things in them, you like to carry around my purses and take things in and out of them. I found a mini straw purse at the drug store for $1.99 and it is so cute to watch you carry it around on your little arm.
HUGS: You now give hugs which as you might imagine as your parents feel SO GOOD. You hug your babies and you love stuffed animals. Someone warned me to halt the growth of stuffed animal collections otherwise the house will be taken over by them. I am trying.
DIAPER CHANGED/GETTING DRESSED: You hate it. Totally scream and kick and twist and freak out. You don’t like to be confined for a second and get so angry when it is time to have a diaper changed or get dressed. It would take an entire circus of clowns to distract you from the process.
TUB: You think it is ‘hilarious’ to dip your face into the tub water for a quick second. Like gut busting hilarious. Even the moment you are about to do it you start a full facial grin and I always say ‘close your mouth! close your mouth!’ but you never do and end up getting water in your nose and mouth. Oh well.
VIDEOS: You love at 8:30AM on the dot every morning to cuddle with Dad and watch videos on his iphone. Many of the videos are old school Sesame Street episodes that he got off of You Tube. You sit in the crook of his arm and cuddle a soft stuffed animal under a blanket and it is so cute to see. Sometimes a mid-morning snack is involved.
CLIMBING STEPS: You LOVE climbing steps and push my hand away when I try to hold on to you. You hang on the railing like a big girl and go one by one but still are a little dangerous so we have to keep an eye on you. In fact you do many things on your own where you push our hand away. Only the beginning of your growing independence I guess!
FOODS: You still hate cheese, most veggies, you totally totally hate all types of meat and believe me when I tell you we have tried EVERYTHING! You love spinach though and have taken a new liking to pasta with red sauce – thank god. You like watermelon and most fruits – blackberries are a new favorite. Blueberries. You LOVE cereal. And sadly was introduced to lollipops recently so I got some sugar free ones from the healthfood store which I give you on occasion in desperation when I need you to sit quietly for more than 5 minutes in order to get something done!
We love you. Thank you for bringing such joy into our lives.
