Giving you what you REALLY came here for...

I know that the reason most of you come here is to hear about Aimee. It seems like it's been a while since I've written about the cute things she's doing now, here's an update.

She's learning how to count. All day she walks around counting. She mostly counts her steps as she walks, but she'll also count toys, magnets, or she'll just randomly start reciting. she confidently goes up to three, dares to go four every now and then, when she's REALLY concentrating, she'll babble on, past four, into the realm of unknown numbers hoping that maybe she'll accidently get five-ten right.


She doesn't freak out at the grocery store anymore. She used to scream for mercy whenever I'd lower her into the grocery store cart seat, as if it burned her butt to sit in one of those things. Since receiving her own grocery store cart that she carefully sits her babies on, she's decided that grocery store carts must really not be that bad afterall. So, as far as Christmas presents go, I'm going to rate the baby grocery store cart as one of my personal favorites (It also serves a portable toy box).


This next update is also store related. Perhaps another reason that she doesn't mind the grocery store anymore is because it gives her access to strangers that havn't seen all the things she can do now. She's become quite the show off and loves to count for people, sing her favorite part of Twinkle Twinkle, and offer up her toys. The check out is her favorite place. She'll start of with a quiet "Hi". If the stranger politely ignores her, she will raise her volume until she is practically jumping out of her seat to get closer to the stranger's face, yelling, "HI! HI! HI!".


Aimee has entered the social stage of toddlerhood. She likes playing with other kids, instead of playing around them, or worse, using smaller ones as toys. Taking her anywhere is so much easier and fun. We went to a friend's house for dinner this weekend, and she had so much fun playing with our friend's two kids. It was 2 hours past her bedtime when we finally put her in her carseat to go home. She was exhausted and happy. She babbled and sang the entire way home, in that "I just spent the day at six flags and got on every roller coaster" kind of way. Sleepy, pink cheeked, and happy.

More updates to come.