Somehow time flies and monthly updates are less and less on time, almost forgotten...oops. So as we near 23 Months, I figured it was time to update some stats. There are so many special developments as of late, and the rate at which her vocabulary is expanding is almost hard to keep up with. We're talking sentences people. What?! Pajamas off, clothes please. Mommy, go upstairs and change d diaper. More Manu please. How about the other one. I like gelato. You're my best friend. etc. She knows exactly what she wants to say and, in as many words as she has, she speaks her wishes, demands and love very well! And she loves to talk to everyone. Fortunately, she is very polite...saying please, thank you and you're welcome at the right times. She also uses her words for a bunch of complaining... Mommy, no sit down. Daddy, no go inside. Mommy, no barrette please. Daddy, no pantalones. She also throws some pretty awesome tantrums...usually for no important reason. She asked for a cracker the other day, so I brought her a cracker. To which she started screaming, "No Cracker!" Then she threw herself down on the ground, always a little scary, and kicked and screamed like a fish out of water, flipping herself all the way from the bottom of the stairs, through the living room and dining room, through the kitchen, down the back door steps and on to the back deck...without ever getting up to walk! It was impressive, really funny actually. So I let her know that I was sorry she was upset and told I would be right over in the kitchen when she decided she was done. She located her Manu and laid on the floor drinking for the next few minutes. It's amazing how irrational little kids can become! So, we are averaging a couple tantrums a day...not quite as big as the cracker blow up. Supposedly it's normal :) But when she is not beating herself up, she's the most kind, adoring, snuggly person. She performs to evoke laughter and smiles. She hugs and kisses to let everyone around her know that she loves them and includes them. She thanks you when she's happy and says I'm Sorry when she thinks she's done something to upset you. We feel so lucky to have such an outgoing, silly, sweetheart of a daughter. Everywhere we go people tell us how special she is...and we agree :) Her favorite foods these days are gelato (aka yogurt pops that I have put in the freezer), guacamole, carrots and carrot chips, chicken, bran muffin, frozen peas and water. Manu is still the most important thing she could ever imagine having and she probably consumes 40 or more oz a day! We joke about her water empire one day, but it would make so much sense :)
22 Months
Somehow time flies and monthly updates are less and less on time, almost forgotten...oops. So as we near 23 Months, I figured it was time to update some stats. There are so many special developments as of late, and the rate at which her vocabulary is expanding is almost hard to keep up with. We're talking sentences people. What?! Pajamas off, clothes please. Mommy, go upstairs and change d diaper. More Manu please. How about the other one. I like gelato. You're my best friend. etc. She knows exactly what she wants to say and, in as many words as she has, she speaks her wishes, demands and love very well! And she loves to talk to everyone. Fortunately, she is very polite...saying please, thank you and you're welcome at the right times. She also uses her words for a bunch of complaining... Mommy, no sit down. Daddy, no go inside. Mommy, no barrette please. Daddy, no pantalones. She also throws some pretty awesome tantrums...usually for no important reason. She asked for a cracker the other day, so I brought her a cracker. To which she started screaming, "No Cracker!" Then she threw herself down on the ground, always a little scary, and kicked and screamed like a fish out of water, flipping herself all the way from the bottom of the stairs, through the living room and dining room, through the kitchen, down the back door steps and on to the back deck...without ever getting up to walk! It was impressive, really funny actually. So I let her know that I was sorry she was upset and told I would be right over in the kitchen when she decided she was done. She located her Manu and laid on the floor drinking for the next few minutes. It's amazing how irrational little kids can become! So, we are averaging a couple tantrums a day...not quite as big as the cracker blow up. Supposedly it's normal :) But when she is not beating herself up, she's the most kind, adoring, snuggly person. She performs to evoke laughter and smiles. She hugs and kisses to let everyone around her know that she loves them and includes them. She thanks you when she's happy and says I'm Sorry when she thinks she's done something to upset you. We feel so lucky to have such an outgoing, silly, sweetheart of a daughter. Everywhere we go people tell us how special she is...and we agree :) Her favorite foods these days are gelato (aka yogurt pops that I have put in the freezer), guacamole, carrots and carrot chips, chicken, bran muffin, frozen peas and water. Manu is still the most important thing she could ever imagine having and she probably consumes 40 or more oz a day! We joke about her water empire one day, but it would make so much sense :)
Tiara Day!
Ballet might be both of our favorite activities of the week! Much practice occurs between classes and Deia frolics confidently into the dance room and ready to show off her moves. She is definitely improving and adores her teacher Miss Taylor. She talked about her aaaalllll the time. And everywhere we see an orange cone, she lifts her toes to it and says, "tondue." It's still as precious as the first day when that tutu goes on.
Frida?
We went to the Paint Lab in Venice where we received an easel with an endless supplies of paint and paper. Sure, the brushes were used...but hands and fingers were preferable. We shared this morning with Magnus and left there with many masterpieces. That includes the pants and shirt Deia wore that, even after a wash, remain a reminder of that fun and messy day.
Carnivore
We always knew that Deia liked Turkey... But when Corey bought a cave-man style drumstick at the farmer's market in Vail, we found out exactly how much she loved it. She attacked this animal, which was bigger than the length of her torso, and wouldn't stop eating it until the bone was almost dry. Of course, it was way too heavy for her, even when she tried to use both hands. So we held it up to her mouth and she tore at it like a lion with it's prey.
Vail!
Our old stomping ground, Vail, Co. It was surreal to bring Deia to a place where I grew up skiing and where Corey and I went on our first ski date in college! There she was, with her snow cone, at the base of Vail Mountain, near the Vista Bahn lift that took me to greater places for so many years.
Flower Girl
Deia had the honor of being a flower girl, for the first time, at Amber and Todd's wedding in Colorado. We stayed at Codillera Lodge, just beyond Vail, and the ceremony was in Beaver Creek. The setting was gorgeous, the day was perfect. Amber so kindly had the florist create a boutonniere for Blubo...knowing she likely wouldn't let him go before walking down the aisle! So cute. As it was, the onlookers were a little intimidating for her and Corey, clad in an accidental groomsmen-matching suit, walked her happily down to where I was standing at the altar. I held her for about 20 minutes of the ceremony and she played quietly in my arms...until she started poking at my chest and blurted "Boobies, mommies boobies" during a special prayer. Fortunately it was mostly unheard and when I said that it was then time to go to daddy, she sweetly yelled for him and then ran into his arms. She loved dancing to the jazz band at the reception and devoured wedding cake. It was so fun to be a part of Amber's wedding and to have that memory of Deia as that little girl you always see and coo over :)
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