One more update...

Pablo and I are still constantly amazed at how quickly and often Micaela seems to change. It’s like everyday she is having little brain explosions. Micaela has a number of random words which she verbalises in a matter of fact manner as if to say, of course I can say that word — “tovía (not yet)” or sometimes “todavía (not yet)” (when she really wants us to wait for her to finish something), “un poquito más (a little bit more)” while pointing with her index to tell us that she wants to keep on doing whatever she´s doing...

She is also all about noises — “boom”, “tururu” (surprise), “mooo” (cow), “raw” (dinosaur/lion), crowing like a rooster, and trumpeting like an elephant (although her crow and trumpet sound pretty much the same). She also answers where-questions with a “ahi (there)” or “este (this one)”.

So many of Micaela’s new words are directives: again, wait, no no no no. She seems to be training for a role as either middle management or a Russian gymnastics coach: “Again! Again! Again! No no no no no! Wait! Again!”

My princess loves puzzles. She can get through simple puzzles without any assistance, and she can even do some that are a little bit more complicated mostly by herself. 

Micaela’s imaginary play has gotten more vibrant. She sets up her table for tea to serve her stuffed animals, making little slurping noises when it is their turn to drink. She pushes various animals around in her toy stroller. She feeds her teddy, brushes his teeth, washes his hands, and tucks him in at night.

She seems to be on the verge of potty training. We are not trying to push anything yet, but I am now very hopeful that potty training her will be easy. She seems to try to communicate to us that she needs to go which is a very good sign!

When my daughter needs adult help, she runs over to grab our hand and drag us to wherever she needs us, often at the most inopportune time like while cooking or in the bathroom.

She has always loved the book Three Little Pigs, but now her favourite part is the end where the wolf “burns his butt” and always ends up saying "ay, ay, ay!".

Favourite food: Breakfast smoothies, french fries, bananas, rice, pasta.

Favourite songs: Old McDonald had a farm, Row, row, row your boat, Bingo, The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Theme Song, among many, many others.

Favourite toys: Mono (AKA Monkey) and her ever growing stuffed animal collection, markets, crayons, and every other thing that can be used to draw her beautiful art pieces.

Favourite books: Three Little Pigs, Elmo´s mini book collection, Mickey Mouse´s mini book collection, Barney, and a lot more! She really loves to read! :)

Favourite activities: running, being chased, play-doh, painting, drawing, using stamps and stickers.

Hates: napping, carseats, going to bed — in short, everything that means that the fun will be over.