It's fun to be a mom

It's so fun to see Peanut expressing her personality. Lately she's picked up a few more words and can participate in conversations sorts. She says Mama, Dada, Papa, Tsss (Yes), No, a-MEN! and now she says Banana too! She's so fun!
Yesterday I went to get her following her afternoon nap. I opened the door and found her cute little blonde head peeking at me over the top of the crib. I laughed. She giggled. As I swooped her up into my arms, I asked "Did you have a good nap?" She nodded a strong nod as if to say "Oh yes Mummy! It was a long nap and I feel refreshed!"
I stood her up on her change table and as I did so she leaned in and gave me a kiss!
If ever there was reward for being a SAHM, this is it. The little moments during the day when being close and together is happiness enough.

Expressing opinion

This morning Peanut is upstairs playing in her room with Dad. I'm going downstairs, so I call to her from the landing, "Oh Peanut! Come downstairs with Mummy?"

nothing

Again I call "Oh Peanut, come downstairs with Mummy!"

She appears at the top of the stairs.

I call out coaxingly "Come downstairs with Mummy."

She smiles, waves her hand and says "Bye bye Mama!" Then with a proud giggle and a flurry of feet, she scrambles back to Dada.

Dang, I've been dissed.

Pterodactyl

Well, peanut is cutting more teeth... How can I tell? Because she's turned into a pterodactyl! I pick her up and all of a sudden she lets out a mighty screech, opens her mouth wide and does a dive bomb for my face! It's truly terrifying! When I'm not fast enough, I loose skin in my chin. Yeesh!

I thought it was just a mommy thing, but this past weekend she got my sister too.

I need to get her chewing on cold clothes.