Nifty Tricks a Bug Can Do

BabyBug is getting so big these days… she’s hardly a baby anymore. She is full of fun tricks and nifty talents. She can “moo” for a cow (which sounds like “yum”), “neigh” for a horse (which is a bit like a screechy giggle), and “bow-wow” for a doggie (which actually sounds a lot like bow-wow).

She also has lots of signs. She signs for more, eat, milk, hurt, please, thank you. She is excellent at saying the word “no” – which sounds like “na-na.” And if you say, “How old are you?” She proudly holds up her index finger to tell you she’s one. Of course, she then expects you to applaud.

Last Saturday night she had a hard time getting to sleep, so very out of the ordinary, J and I let her stay up late and watch a Christmas movie with us. We were all happily cuddled up on the couch; me laying on J, Bug laying on me with her sleepy little head laying on my chest, and part of a gingerbread man gripped tightly in her hand.

She looked up at us with those sleepy eyes and gave us a half grin around her paci and then laid her head back down. I was struck by how big she was getting, and I said to J, “How old does she look?”

Bug lazily picked her head back up, looked at us like, how many times do I have to tell you? And she raised her little index finger.

Yes, she’s one.