Vocabulary Burst

Wow! we're really on a roll of milestones lately. I've been noticing that the strings of 2-3 words are stretching into 4, 5 and 6 words..... and in Spanish as well.... it's unbelievable. I have to ask Daddy to translate now because you've already surpassed my fluency. (are you smarter than a 2 1/2 year old, Mommy?) It's so hard, and at this hour, to try to remember an exact phrase right now, but I'll add it in later, now that I'll be on the look out for it.
You're also saying really hard words perfectly. "Ornaments"
And I really saw a difference today in how you describe school. It's like we're having a conversation with you, when in the first several weeks, we struggled to pull words out and often coached the direction of the speech. Not now. Today you told us that you had chips and salsa for snack, and you sang the words "rock by baby" and did the motion, indicating you're learning a new song. Then you said "too cold outside... Mrs. Lawrence... play inside".

This is so cool.

There are those moments every now and again (more again and again) that make me so happy that I get to be your mommy. When I don't think it could be any better than the moment we're in, you prove me wrong. Just when I tear up that you're not the tiny little baby in my arms anymore, I get to be so happy and proud of just where you're at and who you are today, even knowing that soon, I'll miss this moment, too.

oh, and this morning when I put you in the carseat for Jenny to take you to school, I said "can I have a kiss" and you obliged sweetly. I said goodbye and you said "hug? hug?" My heart just melted right out of my chest.