Wow. How can it be that we are one month away from having a one year old (again!)? I really have no idea where the time went. I haven't even had a chance to think about her party, much less plan for it. I better get on that.
Boy do we have our hands full! Vivi is so sweet and happy and cuddly. But man does this girl have an att.i.tude! Or is it just her being strong willed?! When she and CeCe go back in forth about something, Vivi sure can hold her own. I can just imagine what it will be like when she starts talking.
She can be is a screamer. And she is loud! When I say screamer, it's not that she just 'talks' loudly... even though she does plenty of that too. But she squeals. This is different for us. CeCe never did that. Not even when she would get excited. When we just had CeCe, we would be around friend's kids that would do that loud, screeching noise out of the blue and it would literally scare the heck out of me. I thought for sure someone got hurt or something. And then I'd look around and they'd be smiling. It got my nerves all in a hissy. And now I have one of 'em! We'll be sitting at the dinner table and we can hardly hear ourselves talk. I have got to figure something out because I'm not sure I can handle it much longer!
She is a helper. She helps with the laundry. She will put things in a basket...after she had just taken it all out. She likes to close the dryer door while I'm putting clothes in it. She helps with the dishes. She'll grab a (dirty) fork and run away with it...laughing. She picks things up off of the floor and hands it to me (after putting it in her mouth first). She also cleans up during clean up time. Her favorite is putting the blocks back in their box.
She imitates. She can mimic sounds and gestures. It's really
funny annoying when she's trying to climb on the fireplace and I say "eh, eh, no ma'am" and she looks back at me with a smile and says "eh, eh" while putting her leg on it.
She eats....a lot. Lord does this girl eat. Sometimes, more than me. I'm not sure where it all goes. Well maybe I do, since she has at least 3-4 poops
daily. Anything we give her, it's gone. I hope that doesn't ever change. I hope that rubs off on her sister one day :) She drinks out of a straw now too, which makes things much easier at times.
Vivi points to things that she wants and things she recognizes as hers. She is very interactive and understands a lot of what we say.
She is following in her sister's footsteps and developing a love for shoes! She will bring her shoes over, sit down, and put her feet up to help put them on. Good thing we have a lot of hand-me-downs!
She is a soother. She has a minnie mouse lovey that she cuddles with and uses a paci when she sleeps. She would walk around with the lovey all day if she could.
She's playful. She loves other babies. And just like CeCe she can be dropped off at 'school' or church and she hits the ground running looking for someone to play with or something to get in to.
She is busy, busy! Non-stop activity around our house. And definitely a talker. She loves talking on the phone, especially to her daddy. She will go on and on!
She greets us as fast as her little legs can go, she's ready and willing to give hugs.
As the days go by and Vivi becomes more independent, things are getting easier and easier. I love the relationship she and CeCe have and I know it will only get stronger. I feel so blessed to be a mom to two sweet girls.
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