Even having seen it before, it's mind-boggling to see these kids grow. In about two week's time, Mirei's desires and cognitive abilities have changed dramatically. For a while, it was the most amusing thing to see her go crazy about noodles and food in general. That was what she lived for. Since that time, she's become aware of many more things, such as our presence - we can't just walk away and expect her not to notice anymore. She goes crazy when she hears the shower and wants to get in immediately! She still loves noodles and anything that other people are eating. Now, she definitely recognizes everyone. She LOVES Taisei. Everything he does is funny to her, no matter how rough he's being. She's suddenly a daddy's girl. All it took was for me to rock her to sleep in my arms one evening about a week ago. Ever since then, she's all smiles when I get home. It's a nice feeling. I guess the bottom line is that she lets us know what she wants now.
A few times, she's tried to get our attention from behind by grabbing Wami's pants or something, and then just looking at us longingly. She's obviously trying to get our attention. It's scary - this little baby isn't really a baby-baby anymore. When she's sitting in her high chair, she looks over to see if Hiro's there. If he is, she giggles and starts to feed him food. When he takes it, lots more giggles. Crazy! I really don't think Taisei was this advanced at this age. She's getting faster and faster at crawling - definitely getting places way before we expect her to. She loves Hiro's bowls, unfortunately. She even ate his food the other day. Ugh. Also, her "babababa" and "mamama" tend to sound intended sometimes. She hasn't stopped doing her zombie baby act, which I love.
Anyway, this post was just trying to get some memories down on paper. No good pictures to share lately. Will post if I get some.
2 comments:
That's funny about the shower! Isn't it interesting, how different each kid is? I feel the same about Adele and Samuel - she was way more advanced at a younger age, I guess they say that about girls in general. Samuel still feels like a baby to us, and meanwhile, we remember Adele telling us things like "that is NOT an option!" at this same age. While I get excited that he can ALMOST sing his Abc's (okay, he misses TONS of letters), Adele was actually singing it perfectly at 19 months. But it still doesn't take away from how exciting it is when he does it! It's just fun to go through it every time!
Ha, that is so cute that she just grabs your pant legs and looks at you. She was a lot of fun at the graduation because she was so interactive with me when I was playing with her. Taisei of course, was his usual charming self. Oh, we were joking around in the car with a Quack, Quack song. I forget sometimes how quickly he picks stuff up. Have you heard him do it again?
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