Lily speaks!
Well sort of. She's been "talking" for a long time already. Like the nonstop jibber jabber to herself that you hear from crazy homeless people in the subway, but way more adorable. The difference now is that she actually says some real words. This month, she's been able to formulate the words "cookie", "cheese", and "baby". She knows what she likes I guess. She also barks when she sees a dog (usually on TV, since dog is a four letter word in our house). I can't wait till she puts words together to make sentences. I want to here how she understands this wacky world we live in. You can tell that she's starting to understand what we say now though. She'll be cursing in no time.
Since Christmas, she's been playing with a lot with her new toy, a big-ass cardboard box from her new big-ass bean bag chair that she got for Christmas from Aunt Janie. I don't think she quite knows what to do with the bean bag chair, but she knows that that there are plenty of things to do with a box. You can put things it in. You can push it around. You can hide in it. And best of all, it's big enough for adults to fit in, so you can jump out and scare her. She loves being scared. Its her favorite.
Luckily, this winter hasn't all been about playing inside with cardboard boxes. We've had a few days that allowed us to actually play outside. Lily's been to the park more times than you normally would be possible to in a North East winter. Nanny Carol has also been taking her to the children's library here in Bloomfield. It's great. There are a ton of books, which she loves to pull off the shelves, lots of dirty sticky toys for her to add slobber to, and other kids for her to run up to and steal toys from. I wish we could be there during the day to watch her play and get into trouble, but Carol's doing a great job keeping her happy and busy for much of the week. I'm really curious to see how she plays with other kids. The only playdate that she's had was with the twins, Jake and Madison, who are the grandchildren of the Danielle's parents neighbors. They're a few months older, but you'd never know it, based on their personalities. When Lily first saw them, she went right up to each of them to touch their noses, which sent them hiding in the corner. I have to admit, Lily can definitely be aggressive. At least she goes after what she wants. She played pretty well with them except fot the occasional toy stealing, but she's learning that that's kind of a jerky thing to do.
You'll know what she wants by her pointing and "talking" at it. And if she doesn't get what she wants, she'll let you know about that too. She's such a good girl, but she hasn't grown out of her extremely loud high pitched screaming when she's upset yet. She's also started wanting me and Danielle a bit more. For a while, she never seemed to necessarily want to be held or picked up. Now you can actually get a few shnuggles in before she wriggles out of your clutch. When you hold her, she seems to hold you back too, which I found to be cute. It's the closest thing she does to an actual hug.
Next month, we plan on making our way down to Raleigh to play with the new baby in the family, little Benjamin Connor. My sister Jen had him a few weeks early, but it worked out well. We just can't wait to actually meet this new little guy. It'll also be good for Lily to play with Nathan a bit more too. Since their last meeting, she's grown up a lot and can probably handle little boy shenanigans better. And she can probably handle whatever food he shoves into her mouth this time too. It's just so weird that she's not the baby in the family any more. For any new parents reading this, everything you hear about your baby growing up so fast is true. I don't know what to do with that information, but just be prepared and play with your baby as much as possible while they still are one.
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