This past weekend gave me more glimpses of just how much my baby girly is growing up and it’s going entirely too fast!! We got to the daycare to pick her up this past Friday (we were headed out of town) and she was just finishing her snack. Her snack was a chewy granola bar that the teacher cuts in half for all the kids. Taylor was finishing her 2nd half. Now, this doesn’t sound terribly remarkable but, to me, it is. Until I saw her eating it, I had no idea she could handle a chewy granola bar! I mean, I’m the mama that makes her a half sandwich and cuts it into four pieces – and I only started doing within the past two weeks!
She had a sandwich for dinner Friday night and, reluctantly, I only cut it into two pieces. She did just fine and, of course, wanted more. Sunday, I took a bigger step and gave her a chicken salad sandwich (half sandwich) and just took off the crusts..didn’t cut it. She took bites, eventually tore in two and ate it.
We also let her roam around the parish hall during a reception after church. She enjoyed herself thoroughly and I also suspect she enjoyed running around freely without mama and daddy saying, “Taylor, stop that.” “No, no Taylor” 🙂 We kept her within sight and moved around as we needed to in order to keep her in sight.
Oh! Also this past week I finally heard the word I’ve been dying to hear and will eventually wish she’d quit saying, “Mama” and she wasn’t upset about anything! (For those who don’t know, it’s “dadadada” when she’s happy and “mamamama” when she’s not. We had a game going on where she’d say, “Daddy!” or “Dada” and I’d say “mama” trying to get her to say it. She’d always respond “Dada!” with a big grin. It was frustrating sometimes but still very cute. One day last week, she said, “Dada”, I said, “Mama” and she smiled and in the sweetest voice said, “Mama!” And has said it a couple more times since (and she wasn’t upset then either!).
Anyway, she’s growing up entirely too fast and is more beautiful to me everyday. Yep, I freely admit that I’m a sap.