Here Comes the Sun...

I had a deposition** this afternoon that finished a little early, so I thought I would pick up sweet girl a little earlier from daycare. While at daycare, I was lucky enough to observe one of Alexandra's classmates throw up for the second time that day. You know I've been sending up prayers all afternoon that she doesn't get what he has!

**Today's deposition was of a local doctor, and I attended the deposition of an expert physician up in Indianapolis yesterday - here's the funny thing, both are from Cape Town, South Africa! What are the odds of that?! They both had the loveliest accent...I could have listened to them all day, which I practically did!

It was so lovely outside - not particularly warm, mind you, but the sun was out and gave the slightest hint of warmth to the air that has been so painfully absent the past several months. I knew I had to get Alexandra out to enjoy the fresh air, if only for a bit.






Even our dog, Pearl, got in on the action and wanted to get the little girls next door to come over and play - can you believe how high that Lab can jump?!


On a side note, our sweet girl is 22 months old today and I, for one, just cannot believe it. Alexandra never ceases to amaze me with all of the new things that she is doing:

(1) She is counting from 1 to 10...on occasion, she skips from 7 to 10 because she is so excited to shout out the final number, but then she'll throw in 8 and 9 a little late for good measure.

(2) She knows all of her colors, except she doesn't always know which is which - in particular, alot of things are labeled "lellow".

(3) She is becoming fiercely independent - she no longer wants Mommy to hold her on the way into daycare and wants to walk the sidewalk, steps and hall leading into her classroom by herself. I'll admit, it sometimes hurts a bit, but I realize that her growing independence is important.

(3) Her vocabulary seems to grow by the minute...I've lost track of everything she is saying, but a good chunk of her words are...animals. This child LOVES animals.


Every morning and night, Alexandra loves to flip through this book of animals and point out all of the different species, and she is usually spot on (how on earth does my child know to point out a chinchilla and meerkats??). Some animals are crowd favorites, and she ALWAYS laughs whenever I point out the woodpecker. I have no earthly clue why, but we always laugh to hear her laugh when she hears the bird's name!


There's also a matching section where you can match a detail shot of an animal's skin or fur with the corresponding animal on the opposite page. The past few times Alexandra has seen the above picture of a leopard's fur, instead of saying leopard she will say "Mommy". Gee, I have no idea why she would associate animal print with Mommy.....

It's hard to believe that we will be planning her 2nd birthday here before too long (sniff, sniff). As you can guess, I'm sure it will be Sesame Street themed!