hi sweet baby girl! i know i've written it before, but i just cant believe what a big girl you have become! when i say "big girl" i mean in the way you are beginning to interact with people; you are still so tiny. everyone comments on your petite size, however you have the biggest personality!!
i've started asking for your "help" with little tasks around the house. for example, when we feed the dogs, i'll have you carry a food dish over to the spot where we feed them. i say "two hands" and can see you watching me, like a monkey-see-monkey-do. all the time i will ask you to pick up a piece of trash and throw it away. you are becoming very good at following commands and understanding what i'm saying. when we are playing i will say, "oh no! i hear baby Lillie crying! i think she needs a baba." and you will walk over, pick up your baby doll, go find the play bottle and feed her. i love it! you are a very sweet Mama to your babies! when i first gave you the play bottles for your babies, you didn't understand it was fake and you kept tipping them up trying to get milk/juice from them and then becoming upset. Daddy and i were cracking up watching you; and i quickly went and made you a sippy cup of milk.
Daddy and i have been bringing you out with us lately; last weekend we took you to the Riverside Beer Festival and two Sundays in a row we have taken you to brunch at Mellow Mushroom. you love it! and all of our friends love seeing you!! i hope it will help you become well socialized :)
you can say quite a few words really well. you say "bye" very clearly; sometimes you say it when you are ready to leave, like you are over a situation and you're calling the shots...its quite hilarious!
you say "more" when asking for more milk. but you say it more like "mo" (long "o" - very southern sounding). you sometimes say it in your sleep; i always wonder if you are dreaming about nursing.
you also can say "Dooley and Chief" - you don't say it often, but every now and then you will blurt it out. you get the happiest look on your face because you know how proud and excited it makes Dada and me!! and we praise you and ask you to say it again; you then might faintly whisper something that sounds like the pups' names, but its like you have to think real hard to get the sounds to come out correctly.
lately every time we get into bed to read books at night time (as long as you're not too tired), you like to crawl around underneath the covers. Dada showed you how cool it was, but now you like to do it every time we get in bed!! you cry and tug at the covers until i lift them up and let you crawl under, and then you want me to crawl under too and read you books!
last night [Feb. 29, leap day/year (?)] you were so restless!! ugh, it drove me crazy!! i was exhausted from staying up late the night before watching a show with Daddy and when you started tossing and turning knew I had a long night ahead of me. you finally settled down sometime early in the morning; probably out of sheer exhaustion. i'm praying for a better night sleep for all of us tonight.
Daddy and I finally took you to the Zoo!! i was definitely WAY more excited than you, haha! Daddy had President's Day off and so i decided to take the day off as well and we took a family outing to the Zoo. Joanie bought us a family year-pass so we can go anytime we'd like to. the zoo has not really changed since the last time i'd been there, probably my senior year of high school, but they do have a new Asia exhibit that houses a couple tigers! your favorite animal!!! i could hardly contain my excitement when we finally arrived at the exhibit! it is literally the last stop in the zoo, and also the place where i noticed kids having melt-downs left and right. Daddy pretty much high-tailed it out of park once we had seen the tigers, haha!
Something else pretty exciting, Christine is on the verge of walking!! Last Sunday at dinner she would let go of whatever she was holding onto and would take a couple steps! I cannot wait for her to start walking; oh wait, i take that back! y'all will be into everything!!
i have never seen anything cuter than when you and C are together. Christine's face literally lights up when she sees you and you both can't wait to give the other a hug!!
you continue to love pacis, however your two middle fingers on your right hand are your go-to. you also continue to be a paci stealer! this past Sunday before dinner C was sucking on her paci and when you noticed she had it, you quickly marched over and took it from her. y'all preceded to go back and forth, stealing the paci from one another, until you took it from Christine and then offered (more like stuck) you two fingers and her mouth for a try! you two are absolutely hilarious to watch, and i swear you have this weird sister/twin bond from being together since before birth!!
you continue to amazing me all the time! your little mind absorbs so much and you are learning new things daily!!
love you more than you will ever know, i promise!!
Mama
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