And so it goes, and so it goes.
I know. It’s been months now since I last posted. It’s hard to keep up with this these days what with my demanding job, making sure i have enough family time and my band. Time just disappears. So I’ll just try to squish a few months worth of life with Lala into a few highlights.
First off, Lala is physically bigger in all aspects than 100% of kids her age. the doctors also say she needs to lose a few pounds so we are not letting her eat so much non-veggie/fruit type of foods. Lala is a year and a half old now and she continues to amaze me every day with her learning capacity. It really hit me a few months back when Mama and I were watching a movie with Lala in the room, and one of the characters cried out in anguish as he discovered his children had drowned, (Shutter Island). Lala looked up from playing with her toy when he cried out and expressed concern for him. Then as he laid his children down on the ground she looked at us and put her finger to her mouth and said “shhhhhhh” as if the kids were sleeping. It shocked me and I realized I’d now have to watch whet we expose her to. It was also cute that she recognized the children were “sleeping”.
About a month and a half ago we took Lala to Maui. She loved it so much. In fact every morning we were there she would wake up and first thing out of her mouth would be “Agua?” Yes we are teaching her Spanish. And French sometimes too. She loved being in the water whether it was ocean water or pool water and she hated getting out. It was nice to have a week off with her and just have fun. She also did well on the plane. I bought an iPad to keep her entertained and she loves it! I cant use it in front of her now cuz she will try to take it from me!
Lala loves to go on walks and go exploring. She likes to go to parks and swing and go down the slides. She is quite brave about doing stuff older kids still have issues with, and she is hard headed and stubborn about getting her way.
She recently put together her first sentence. She has been saying words for sometime but i think someone taught her to say “yay i did it!” so whenever she accomplishes anything she jumps up and shouts “yay i did it!” and we all applaud!
Everyday is an adventure with her and it lights up my heart when, even though i may be reading or watching TV, she comes up to me and holds her hand out and says “hand!”, and waits expectantly for me to give her my hand and let her lead me to the toy room to play with her. And i go everytime cuz there will come a day when she will not want to play with old pops anymore, so i dont want to miss out while she does.
