Letters to Hope

You have been doing very well at sleeping in your own bed until at least 5AM which is great. Everyone gets a good night sleep. I am very proud of you for this because I truly thought I would never sleep again since you kick all night long no matter how far away I put you.

You are also talking A LOT. You try to repeat everything we say. (Which now we have to be really careful about what we say.) You really understand conversations. We can be talking about my mother (your Chee Chee) and you know we are talking about Chee Chee you start repeating her name again and again. You are so smart. You really catch on to things quickly and like I have stated before you have NO FEAR.

At times you are hesitant to walk up to people or if certain people approach you but, if it is up to you, you walk up to total strangers and say “HI” and sit next to them and try to give them kisses. You love other kids which is why I think next year I am going to enroll you in school. I think you will really enjoy it and get a lot out of it. You know exactly what you want when you want it and are getting MUCH better in stores and out running errands. You stay by me (for the most part) and you tell me about everything in the store. Gabbing away about the ball and the cat and the shirt and the hat and the glasses and the food. You are too funny with your little babbling conversations and you get very mad when I don’t know what you are saying. You like what you like when you like it and put up a fuss when you don’t get your way, but not too much because you know something new will be coming soon.

You still don’t like dresses although you do try and put my makeup on all the time. You only like one pair of shoes (so now that is all I buy) and you know that you shoes go ON when we leave and OFF when we get home. The other day we where at the store and there was a fake display bed and you jumped right in it took your shoes off and said “night night” and told every one in the store to SHHHH. You needed a rest. You stayed there a good 15 minutes before I pulled you out and kept shopping of course making a fuss the whole time that you wanted to go back to bed. You are still growing and changing into a wonderful strong willed independent person who everyone loves and adores.