The Linfitts: quadding

Shame on me. I haven't updated about Amélie in a long while! She's going to be 21 months on friday. How time has flown by! I am finding this age and the past couple months some of the best :) I mean every age/phase has it's merits but this one is the least taxing on my brain haha. Now that her communication is much more developed it's easier to understand what she wants. Jus, downstairs, 'side, non, mom, (a nod), help me, hat, boot, bleu, mooo, pock pock, hiya (karate chop) dodo, bébé, Mémère and tante, tante gaye, and many others. That's just what she says she understands what I'm saying pretty good too. "Go bite dad" "Ferme la porte, brrrrr", do you want to ....? Those of you who've seen her lately know she sometimes likes to think about things before making a decision hmmmmm AHA!

A lot of people have also told us we should be preparing her for the new arrival ... but we have decided to let her prepare herself. She is sleeping in her crib without the side railing and with only a small bumper rail to keep her from falling out. She also has a pillow and will soon be transitioning into a temporary toddler bed until we find her a good twin bed. We tell her she's a big girl all the time and talk to her about her dolls a lot. Show her how to dress them, care for them. She doesn't get that there's a baby in my belly (I'm pretty sure she thinks I'm just eating too much haha) People always ask her what's in my belly and I'm not sure who gets annoyed the most ... me or her. We told her there's a baby in there so ... there's a baby in there. It's that simple, it's not complicated, it's not ... 3-d if you know what I mean. She doesn't imagine there is a baby in my belly it's just a fact and since she's not quite two she doesn't IMAGINE what it looks like.

She's also been loving some time with daddy! Every time the quad starts she runs to grab 1 mitten, and her rubber boots. And her hat of course because it's cold. What more could you need?? I do have pictures but she's usually naked in only her diaper and I try to keep those pics at a minimum on the internet. Ah yes ... her rubber boots ... and the age of Dora and Diego. I did try to avoid it ... but was unable too. Now I have a little girl who tells me to GO GO and that she needs her boots whenever she's going to do something. (Note to self) she needs new boots.

Now for some pics :)