In Delaney news, both prior to and during her various illnesses, she's continued to amaze her parents with new and adorable feats, all of which are worth mentioning here:
She's learned to say no, both verbally and by shaking her head vigorously. Currently a cute parlor trick, I can see how it may one day (very soon?) start to wear thin with me, as it is quickly becoming her response to not only my questions by also my statements.
As I've mentioned before, she loves Cookie Monster and she also loves her Fig Newman cookies. When referring to either, she exclaims, "Koooo-kay!" It melts my heart each and every time she says it. We recently bought her a Finding Nemo switchplate for her bedroom (She loves fish and says, "Sish!" whenever she sees one so we thought this new item would be fun as it's on the wall above her changing table.). Now, when she sees it, she does say, "Sish!" and points at Nemo but she says, "Koooo-kay!" when she sees Dorrie because she thinks Dorrie is Cookie Monster (I guess because they're both blue and have googly eyes?). A-dorable.
When we ask her to give us some love, she hugs us and burries her head in our chests. She did this with her daddy first and I think she prefers playing that game more with him than she does with me.
She's feeding herself quite successfully with a spoon. Sometimes I talk her through it ("Put the spoon in the food. Good! Now, put the spoon in your mouth...") and she can totally follow my directions.
She can point to her eyes, ears, hair, head, nose, mouth, teeth, chin, fingers, hands, toes and feet and ours too when asked.
In addition to Cookie Monster, she's also developed quite a love for the Count on Sesame Street. She goes around laughing like him ("Ah, Ah, Ah!") and it cracks me and Roger up.
In Roger and me news, we finally had a date a few Saturdays ago before we got sick. At the last minute we decided to do it up fancy and check out an upscale steakhouse that's new in town. We sipped (several) cocktails, had meaningful adult conversation, flirted (with each other!), and enjoyed a five-star meal (He had bone-in New York Strip. I had Escolar. We shared a chocolate lava cake for dessert. OK. That's a lie. I ate it all, but gave him one bite.). It was a perfect evening save for being over way too quickly. I hope we can find a way to go on dates once every month or two instead of every three months. Our time together at home is always great, but date nights are special and something I really look forward to.
She's so smart! And pretty! But especially smart!
Meaningful adult conversation? What's that like again?
Posted by: MamaChristy | April 19, 2006 at 09:14 PM
Oh, my goodness! I can just hear her saying "Koo-kay!" I love when they first learn to talk, it's just adorable.
Glad you and Roger had a nice date. We missed our last one. I hadn't had a chance to tell you about that yet. But . . . we do have a date of sorts tomorrow night. We're going to an engagement party so the food, drink, and music will be free! Even better than dinner alone, I think.
Posted by: Lisa P | April 21, 2006 at 05:35 PM