Growing Up

Dear Lillianna,

I keep up this blog, so that our friends and family get to stay in touch and see you grow. We try to catch the big moments on the camera, but so many of the best moments are missed. Or are things that one picture doesn't really tell the story. I am amazed at how quickly you grow and learn! Since the day you were born those little eyes of yours have been taking everything in and you continue to do so. So, here are some of the moments I wish I had in a bottle and could pull back out from time to time.

*The moon. You love it and I love that you love it. You love to read books about it and when you see it in books or on TV you quickly point it out and get so excited. I also LOVE that you love it when you can see it outside. When it starts to get dark and we are outside you look for it and when you see it you are thrilled. Some nights we can even see it from our kitchen windows which makes you the happiest of girls.

*Last week to entertain you I showed you the hand story- Here is the church, Here is the steeple, open it up and see all the people." You were fasinated by it and we did it over and over again until you could do it by yourself (sort of). Yesterday you were sitting on the coach next to me, looked up and said steeple. I wasn't sure what you were trying to tell me until I looked down and sure enough your fingers were making the steeple.

*Your favorite shape is oval, followed by the circle. You can find them everywhere- tires, the bolts that hold McDonald's play land together, eggs... Square comes in third, followed by 'tangle as in rectangle and then triangle.

*You love pizza just like your mom and dad. You gobble it up. You request it for dinner. Best of all you do a pizza dance. You even made your doll some pizza a few weeks ago. You took the piece of pizza out of the bin, put it in your pan, put it in your microwave, and then took it and served it on a plate.

*We are still not sure how you did this, but you managed to get your diaper off yesterday without removing and clothes. The best we can figure was that you reached inside you overalls and took it off so daddy could change it. I am thinking potty training isn't too far down the road.