Greetings from the Northwest!
Now that we’ve finally gotten over our colds, we’ve been able to get a couple of cute pictures of Diana. Ok, well the one was from Valentine’s Day which was weeks ago, but she just got her first piece of toddler-sized furniture and wanted to show it off. She sat down with a book right away, and has loved lounging in her little sofa.
Diana has been keeping us busy, busy busy lately. She’s been learning lots of new words, and a few new signs as well, and has been enjoying babbling a lot. She’s been learning the power of saying “please” and has been using that often in order to get picked up, or to get more snacks. Making the connection between words and actions and things has made the world an exciting place for her – she learned “touch” in the bath last night and touched everything is sight while saying “tuth,” it was very cute. We’ve been letting her use her sunglasses all the time and saying how cool she looks when she wears them, so now whenever she sees a character in a book wearing sunglasses, she points and says “cool.”
We’ve been lucky enough to be able to borrow a pembantu (“helper”) from friends who are out on vacation, so Diana has been able to practice playing with someone new, and Em’s been able to come home to a spotless bathroom and kitchen. Diana has been great about taking naps and eating meals when Tati is babysitting, and talks to her a lot while they play. When Em comes home, Diana then recounts their whole day in babble-talk and shows Em all of the toys that she played with. Diana is still eating very well and even seems to be going through a growth spurt! She still loves pasta, and we were lucky enough to get avocados this week, and she ate half all by herself for a snack on Monday.
Diana still looks like a pretty good mix of both of us – her hair is really starting to curl in the back and on the sides, and she’s gotten her first few freckles in the past month. She loves to give hugs and to tickle us under the chin. Must be payback time for her!
Here are three pictures from waaaay back on January 23rd when Diana wore her new blue sweater. We went down to the park where Diana loves to climb the stairs on the slide. (We make sure we’re there to catch her if she misses a step!) Sometimes some of the older girls in the neighborhood will carry Diana around so we can just relax. Diana is saying “up please” now when she wants to be picked up and will also say “please” when she wants a cracker. It is very cute. We have been taking her down to the sports hall just down the block in the evenings to run around on the basketball/badminton or tennis court. (People are there playing badminton every night!) She walks around a little, but mostly likes staring at the other kids and people at the sportshall.
