I have to say, I love this age! Natalie is very expressive in both her words and actions as she heads towards her 2nd birthday. Here are a few of the things I'm finding especially cute at the moment:
- The fact that when she sits on my lap and I'm reading to her, her hair is so big and curly it tickes my face
- When she says "You funny mama"
- When we take walks around the neighborhood and she runs from mailbox to mailbox going "lalala"
- Watching her chase the leaves that are blowing in the wind
- Floating on her back in the pool, looking for the moon, and saying "moon is hiding" when she can't find it
- Sesame Street time: when we tell her "it's time" she jumps up with glee, runs to push her little chair in place, goes to press the number 3 on the remote (which granddad taught her) and has a big smile on her face while clapping as she sits down to watch
- crazy legs
- hearing "oh boy, oh boy, oh BOY!" when she's really excited about something
- wathcing her run circles around her crib, climbing up on it and then stopping to check herself out in the mirror
- when Dean is away on business, watching her reaction when he gets home and she does the happy dance
And really, that everything she does right now, she does with complete abandon and joy. With all her might. Nothing is done half heartedly. And that she expresses all her emotions freely... why is it we lose this as we get older? It's so refreshing to watch kids before they start to edit themselves for the world around them.
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