Between Elisa's feverish week before our trip, the trip itself and jet lag adjustments, it's been quite an end to January and beginning to February. Part of the puzzle has also been hitting the 18 month mark and wondering how much these night wakings and burst of nonsensical language are showing us developmental progress and how much is just a glitch in the routine. In all fairness, Elisa travels extraordinarily well. She acclimated to a new room and crib and the hubbub of a big family without throwing us for a complete loop. But getting home and back to our normal routine has been a little more challenging than I expected. Maybe because I've been feeling a bit tired and under the weather, waking up early with her has been harder than usual and more confusing because at times she seems like she wants to keep sleeping and yet she won't go back to sleep. So, we oblige and get up, turn on the tea kettle and brace for another early morning. Today I even let Nacho sleep in (he did have to work afterall) and enjoyed my quiet time with her as we snuggled on the couch and watched Blues Clues. Nothing like a little bit of Steve in the morning when you can't see straight.
Here she is after the first nap, playing around in her room with Papa and I. I love this grin and the way her face lights up when she's amused. Poking around her storage unit is a favorite past time and one that never fails to make her laugh. Oh, no...where is Elisa???
Whether she's chasing a ball around or swinging her guitar, Elisa finds a way to pause only briefly to investigate. She hasn't taken to some of her Christmas toys quite the way I'd imagined, but in time I think she will find the small pieces and characters useful to her story lines and daydreaming. I can see she wants to sit and play but sometimes she just can't stand stopping for that long.
Her baby doll has become a good way to interpret what she understands. I've been repeating the "baby is tired, the baby wants to go night-night" a lot and she has taken to rocking the baby to sleep. It's pretty funny because she swings the baby so violently that it's not possible to watch without laughing. And we're finding that more and more, Elisa understands commands in both English and Spanish with amazing clarity. She isn't talking much beyond the babble that spews forth from her with a lot of arm waving and hand gesturing, but boy can she jump when you ask her to!
Here she is after the first nap, playing around in her room with Papa and I. I love this grin and the way her face lights up when she's amused. Poking around her storage unit is a favorite past time and one that never fails to make her laugh. Oh, no...where is Elisa???
Whether she's chasing a ball around or swinging her guitar, Elisa finds a way to pause only briefly to investigate. She hasn't taken to some of her Christmas toys quite the way I'd imagined, but in time I think she will find the small pieces and characters useful to her story lines and daydreaming. I can see she wants to sit and play but sometimes she just can't stand stopping for that long.
Her baby doll has become a good way to interpret what she understands. I've been repeating the "baby is tired, the baby wants to go night-night" a lot and she has taken to rocking the baby to sleep. It's pretty funny because she swings the baby so violently that it's not possible to watch without laughing. And we're finding that more and more, Elisa understands commands in both English and Spanish with amazing clarity. She isn't talking much beyond the babble that spews forth from her with a lot of arm waving and hand gesturing, but boy can she jump when you ask her to!
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Oh... I can't wait to meet her!
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