Loquacious Lily

Lily continues to amuse us with her colorful antics and conversations. Here are some examples of what has been going on in our house lately:

• Carl and Lily wrestle a lot so that Carl can prepare her for her inevitable Ultimate Baby Fighting Champion competition. Lily has a signature move that Carl has dubbed "The Stinkbomb". In essence, the move involves Lily sitting on Carl's chest backwards and jumping up and down. As I was witnessing this move the other day, Lily said (and I am quoting), "How do you like that, Carl?"


• Lily received a watermelon-flavored chapstick from Baby Sophia, and she said, "Lipstick! Just like Daddy!"


• A couple of nights ago, Carl asked Lily what she thought about finishing up dinner and going to take a bath, and she responded, "That would be fine."
  
• Lily's teacher commented to her that her head hurts and how she should go see Lily's daddy since he's a doctor and could fix her head. Lily gave her teacher an affronted look and stated that she is a doctor and can fix her head. She then placed each hand on either side of the teacher's face, pulled her teacher's face toward hers, and kissed her forehead.
  

Nearly every day Lily says something that makes us laugh or just surprises us. Her language has become so much more "grown-up". Instead of saying that her drink is "all gone", she says that her glass is "empty". As she was cutting an asparagus stalk last night, she said, "I'm going to cut it in half", and she did just that. It's just so different from her previous baby talk.

Carl has been off this month and has been picking Lily up from school each night which she LOVES. She brags to her classmates that her daddy is coming to pick her up and then exclaims, "MY daddy!" when he gets there. I'm a little worried about what is going to happen when Carl goes back to work in February. Hopefully it won't be too traumatic. I don't know though because last night Carl couldn't get her because he was working on some other things, and her teachers had to end up walking around the school with her because she wanted to find her Daddy. Not a good sign for next month. Also, when Carl comes to pick her up, he usually stops by the office to say hi/bye to me. Lily won't even come in the office and tells me to stay there for fear that she might have to stay with me and not get her Daddy time. Needless to say, she is simply smitten with her Daddy. And who can blame her? I am too.