Let me think about this for a minute. I've been a mommy for 18 months. My feelings are similar to how I felt when I skied for the first time. There's that fraction of a second as you start down a ski slope where you are excited and confident and think Hey this was such a good idea and I'm going to have so much fun! The next fraction of a second is the Oh Crap moment when you realize the slide down the hill is much faster than you imagined and you don't really know what you are doing.
At that point it doesn't matter if you can or cannot ski - you ARE skiing and you can't turn back. The next fraction of a second is where you try to keep it together and look cool because your friends are watching and they are all excellent skiers. Then the next fraction of the second is where you decide to hunker down, enjoy the ride no matter how clumsy, enjoy the scenery despite your own girlish screams, and try not to die in the process. It's the scariest, most breath-taking ride I've ever been on but I wouldn't have it any other way.
Enough about me.
I thought it needful to post an update on Brooklyn.
Boom = broom in Brooklyn speak. She saw me sweeping and has been obsessed with the broom ever since. She wakes up in the morning asking and searching for it. Now anything with a long stick-like handle is a broom. Mops, paint rollers, walking cane...it's all a boom.
Buh-buh bum = Bumblebee...as in the bumblebee rider she got for Christmas AND LOVES.
Boon = balloon...as in, my kid goes bananas when she sees a boon in Publix. And she can spot them 30 yards away. I curse you, floral department!
At = Hat...
Ott = Hot...she sees me put my hand on her food to test the temp and now thinks that everything Ott means we put our hand on the food. That's not the message I was trying to convey.
An Sayah = Aunt Sarah. Brooklyn's Aunt Sarah wears scarves and so now in any store or anywhere that Brooklyn sees a scarf, she says An Sayah. Adorbs.
Ah Mee = Amen. She has started bowing her head when she hears us pray. Or at random times during the meal. Then she'll say "Ah Meee" over and over again because she sees that it makes us smile. I get such a kick out of this kid!
Bampa = Grandpa Art.
Appu = most fruit. Especially grapes. I don't know why.
Nana = Banana. Also Savanah, her friend from daycare.
Shosha = Joshua...one of her friends from daycare.
Brooklyn is still an excellent sleeper. She eats most things, loves her baby doll, has a quick temper, and loves to play hide and seek. She loves to ride in her wagon, to play outside, says "cheeeeee" whenever you point a camera at her, and will try anything as long as she sees mommy do it first. She is fearless, curious, independent, generous, affectionate and very social.
She makes me smile just thinking about her.
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