February Pics

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!