It freaks me out. I can only stare, which must concern her a little.
I take Violet out of her crib in the morning and she looks like a
totally different girl. Literally, her face looks different.
Where is my baby?!
Where is my baby?!
Who is this big girl; Practising jumping, walking backwards and
shuffling sideways. Reading books to me. Singing songs,
and making up her own nonsense to tunes she already knows.
Looking to me for laughs at her silly jokes, or just chuckling
to herself about something. Telling me in almost full sentences
what she plans to do,
"I'ma go sleep in the tent, sleeping bag is comfy!"
She's extremely intelligent, aware, sensitive, tenacious, independent,
affectionate, and looks really cute in her new orange running shoes.
Violet is a whole 21 months old already.
I think it's the pregnancy hormones getting me all teary here. 
Everything is fine on the pregnant frontier...except for a bad joke
the midwife made the other day about hearing a third heartbeat
with the doppler (mine, baby's and...?). "It's highly likely it's just
an echo of the ONE baby that is in there" she said quickly, after
I almost had a stroke. Ha. Ha. Ultrasound scheduled for April 16.
Bad joke.
Anyhoo, we're obviously all about family here. Rhea (Jesse's eldest sister)
and Israel (her boyfriend) arrived from a 6 month bouldering adventure
in Spain and France last week. Violet took one look at Rhea, and fell in love
with her aunt. She remains shy with Israel, however. Here he is planning
his next Columns (a video game) strategy against the master Jesse.
All I'm saying is that MY man got 48,000 points.
Violet looks at him and says "funky hair!"
He's slowly winning her over with his amazing skill at contact juggling
and wooing her in Spanish, the language of Dora.
They are staying with us, and in and around the Ottawa Valley, for a few weeks.
It's nice with all the reunions and beautiful people. 
And eating cake and whipped cream without proper cutlery.
1 comment:
Im a Star! I made it onto Violets Blog!! Thanks for including me Nadia, it means a lot. Getting to know Violet is like meeting a long lost friend, and every day I am amazed at what a wonderful mother you are.
rhea
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