You
turned twenty-one months today and all we have to show for it is a bouncing
little girl. This boggles the mind, little bird. How your father and I
ever created YOU, someone so much better than either of us, will always remain
a mystery to me. All I know is that I’m glad God helped us do so. You
are still, now and forever, the very best part of our lives together. You make
us a family.
At
21-months, you are finally starting to get this sleeping thing down. You have
your own routine which involves saying goodnight, kissing, and brushing the
teeth of your stuffed animals. And then we all go to the bedroom for some
videos. There are still mishaps though. Just before falling, a couple of nights
ago, you had your milk and decided that you wanted to go back to your room to
play a little more.
You’re
still co-sleeping, but sleeping in the same bed with a toddler is like sleeping
with a windmill. You sleep through the night, but we often don’t. In the
morning, you usually wake up first, and then proceed to pry open our eyelids to
wake us up.
You
love to carry bags on your shoulder. You enjoy wandering around the house with
a bag “shopping” and picking up different items around and putting them in your
bag.
Your
comprehension and language development has been astounding to witness this
month. Every day you make associations that stun us. Last week, we went
to the mall to see Santa but he wasn´t there, then we went to Wong and gladly
they had a Santa that day so you went to him, turned and said: “Santa mall no –
Santa Wong” to explain that he hadn´t been at the mall because he was at Wong.
Words
are coming so fast and furious now that it is hard to keep up. You have
little conversations and love to tell to us stories, which often come out as
complete gibberish with a few understandable words to help us piece the puzzle
together. Your favorites at the moment are: sun, “una – moon”, “Papa Nel –
Santa”, “Endes - Santa’s elves”, “Vidad – Christmas”, “Maria – Ose y bebe -
Mary – Josheph and the baby”, “ete – this”, “ahi ta - there it is”, “riba –
up”, “bajo – down”, and, of course, “poquito mas - a little bit more”. You
repeat so many of the words that we say now that we really have to watch what
we say.
You
have also told your first joke! You went grandma´s house, picked up “Josheph”
from the menger and said, “gote como abuelo Luish – mustache just like
grandpa”. You then pointed to your grandpa and said, “Gote - Mustache!” and
collapsed into giggles.
Your
mind is a little sponge — you can correctly identify colors, animal sounds,
some numbers and letters. At the moment you love the alphabet song, counting to
ten in English and Spanish, singing Old McDonald had a Farm, Bingo, Mr. Sun,
and many other songs with lots of clapping and a loud “yay” to signify the
end.
You´ve
become even more social. You run up to other children to try hugging them or
holding their hand while introducing yourself. And when it’s time to go home
you blows kisses, wave bye-bye and say “mucho guto – nice meeting you”.
Time
seems to be going by a little faster and it’s hard to believe that you will be
two in just a few months. Every day more of your inquisitive and playful
personality develops. Recently I read a quote which sums up exactly how I’ve
been feeling: “It’s an incredible experience to come to know someone you
already love so deeply.”
Happy
21st monthday baby girl!
With
love,
Momma
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