Having Mia by our side is the greatest gift. I enjoy her presence all the time, but especially on my days off from work. We get to hang out together and do what ever she wants to do. It gives me time to communicate with her in every aspect. She is 15 months now, and I can't believe how much she understands. She loves to be involved with everything I do, and it feels really good that she has such an interest. When I am cooking, she likes me to hold her so she can see what I am doing. Just the other day I was cooking something, and I was holding her, and she grabbed my ear, and let out a cute sound, so I looked at her and said what it was, then she touched my nose, then eyes, head , and hair. The best part is after she got done asking me what everything was I asked her what everything was in Spanish. I said oreja, boca, ojo, pelo, and even mano, and she knew each one of them. Mommy must be speaking in Spanish more often then I thought. Her teacher in the morning at daycare is also from Dominican Republic, so I believe that helps too. She says dada for me and for mommy, but when you say where is mommy she goes right to her. The best part is when I look at her and ask her to say momma she does say dada, so I get really close to her and say mama really slowly, and she cracks up laughing. So eventually she will get that down. We have this little game we play...basically she will mummble a whole bunch of gibber-jabber, and I will do the same back to her as if we both know what we are talking about, and she and I both crack up laughing. It's great! She love going outside, in the jogger. It's like a 3 wheel stroller but the from wheel does not move, so that you can jog with it if you want to. I think she is going to be an animal lover, because she loves to see the birds, and squirrels. She gets so excited when she gets to see them. She makes the fishy lips when you ask her "How does a fishy go". She also motions her hand when you ask how a bird goes. When I was growing up, I always wondered how it would be to have a child of my own. I was never sure how that could be except try and visualize, but I still couldn't find the answer. So now I finally know what it is to have a child, and I must say it is the best feeling in the world. Mia is such a blessing, and I will always love my baby girl.
A few new words that mia says:
agua - water
gato - cat
balloon
bubble
leche - milk
hippopotamus - just kidding
2 comments:
I think she loves all animals because she got to see a dog and a bird as such a young age! So, I'll take some of the credit. Hehe!!
I'm really proud of her, I think she is really smart.
Tracy, remember that she has seen CATS all over as well :)
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