Yesterday was a big day for us! Elizabeth turned 19 months old, which means that the baby is due in exactly four months. So much to do before then!
Elizabeth continues to grow up faster than I remember Tommy did. She’s already coloring with crayons and markers like her big brother, she decided she was done with the high chair (we moved her to the booster this morning, where she’s delighted to sit across from Tommy like a big kid–that’s right, grandmas, we won’t need the high chairs over Christmas), and she’s putting on her own shoes (though not always on the right foot). She’s way more verbal than I remember Tommy being–babbles all day long–but not as intelligible as he was. Today I’m pretty sure she said, “I want cheerios with milk,” but I’m not sure. Maybe it was just “blah-blah Cheerios blah blah.” She also sings all the time, something Tommy never did! She’ll be sitting in her crib or on the couch or in the back seat of the car, crooning away to herself. I can’t wait to understand the words of her songs–she must have inherited her Grandpa Willett’s musical talent! Getting her dressed some mornings takes so long because if her favorite shirt is dirty, she goes through and rejects every clean option at least once before an outfit takes her fancy! (I’ve always needed serious fashion help, so I anticipate she’ll be picking out my outfits for me in another year or so.) And when I tried to change her out of her good dress after church on Sunday, she lost it and had a half hour screaming temper tantrum that turned into a three hour nap. Whew! Yes, the temper tantrum aspect of the terrible twos is here, but so also is the capacity to talk to her when I know she understands, so we’re starting to focus in on discipline and training in correct behavior. We’ve got a ways to go–now whenever she and Tommy reach for the same thing, she screams like a banshee. Ah, sibling issues…how I’ve dreaded dealing with you! The next twenty years will be interesting… It’s hard work, but every time she smiles or says, “Mommy!” and runs and gives me a hug, I think that it is totally worth it and I’m the luckiest girl in the world to get to be a mommy to this Little One!
4 months!!! It doesn’t seem at all possible…time flies!
Where has the time gone? I remember when she was only a few months old!