What a week it has been! Emily is a delight - she has a wonderful little character all of her own - very determined, very confident, very stubborn and so loving I just want to melt when she holds her little arms up to me.
Day 1 and 2 she wasn't well and she spent most of her birthday party grizzling - especially when another babba was in her swing! Nic was chagrined, I think - especially when she wouldn't go to sleep in her normal, relaxed way. (She still doesn't.) Our first day she stayed home with us because she had a cold - which we picked up, not being used to little ones and their germs. But despite her sniffles and her clinging to me and not wanting Granpa to hold her, we had a lovely day together.
And the days have got better and better. She's not keen on going to sleep in case she misses something, but the rest of the time she is a delight! She "talks" all the time and not just noises, real words and even sentences. This morning I'm quite sure she told grandpa to take her to the lounge to play - the imperious forefinger pointed down the passage and she said "Bubby go there" - sure its not just my imagination.
She's developed 2 new words - Mummy, which she says with great deliberateness and such feeling, much to the delight of her mom, who melts! - and Bubby, which is what she calls her grandpa. I don't have a real name yet although she sometimes calls me Mum. Hopefully Granny will come, but grandpa is definitely Bubby.
She also needs to hear something just once to repeat and remember it - I have a picture of Winnie the Pooh on my nightie and we told her it was PoohBear. Now she whispers "Poo ba" every morning when she gets into bed with me. But also recognizes Pooh on her stokies and swimming towel.
She's also done some more "big girl" things - her car seat now faces forward and she doesn't yell in the car any more. We had to change it around in the parking garage at the Mall because she yelled so much when we tried to put her back in to it. She is standing up with really great balance and has taken a couple of steps. She still finds crawling much quicker, though. She stands up from her couch and tries to walk, but gets too excited - clapping for herself and telling us all to clap too. She continues to enjoy gardening with her mum, but has eaten a handful of soil when mum wasn't watching. She's learnt to "high five" with Grandpa and does it to everyone - little starfish hand out and a loud "figh" when she wants us to play along. She's also had a tantrum or two when she didn't want to do things, and has become a bit of a tyrant at times - her "staff" are all ready to run around her and do her bidding though, so not much need for tantrums.
All in all, she has stolen our hearts away - a smile as she comes to play with us in our bed in the morning and that's me gone for the day!
An other 5 weeks to go thank goodness!
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