No theology!
No pontificating!
No weird questions or spiritual ramblings!
Just Caroline Jane Miller... 100%!
Our 'lil nugget will be 14 months a day after Thanksgiving! Here are some of Caroline's favorite things. She loves the following:
1. Food! Yup. Taco Tuesday is a must for anyone who comes to visit us BTW! C.J. is 95% in weight! She might play for the Broncos next year and take Von Miller's job. You've all heard about teenage boys eating you out of the kitchen. Well, C.J. eats more than most adults. She's that kid at the park who eyes the other toddler's snack and then mooches... kinda embarrassing, but it's all healthy and she's a super cute eat-er! Speaking of park...
2. The Park! Platt Park is our neighborhood park just a block down the street. We love it! Swings, a merry-go-round, sand, slides and lots of little friends that I've grown to love. If the weather is fantastic (which it has been most of time for the past 6 months), we go 2-3x/day!
3. Play group! We meet with about 6-8 other babies on Mondays and Wednesday (4-5:30pm). We love going to Addie and Mason's house.
4. Book Babies! The library is next to the park, and every Wednesday and Thursday (11:15am), a bunch of stay at home parents (mostly moms) take their babies for some group reading, singing, dancing and playing! It's the cutest thing in the world. C.J. loves the stairs at the library. She's a great climber.
5. Laughing with mommy! We make the most of our time when Lauren is off of work and able to play with the family. Mommy is the comedian of the family. Caroline thinks Lauren is freakin' hilarious.
6. Dogs! She's fascinated with them. She's actually gotten to be pretty good with being gentle with our tiny wiener dogs too. She lets me know about every dog we pass on our walks.
7. Cookie Monster! He's her favorite toy. He's almost as funny as mommy. I will admit. I like Cookie Monster too.
8. Dancing! Move over Miley Cyrus. We've got a new twerker in the U.S.A. Yup, C.J. likes to shake her rump. We also like to, "Throw our hands in the air... hands in the air!" Tons of fun.
9. Songs! We've gotten to learn a lot of songs at Book Babies. Caroline is getting the hang of hand motions. It's priceless to watch her do "head and shoulders, knees and toes..." along with "the itsy bitsy spider" and "open, shut them."
10. Words! She's starting to talk quite a bit now. She'll stack blocks if I say, "Let's stack blocks." She'll go her books when I say, "Let's read a book." C.J. definitely understands a lot of what we say, but now she's really cranking out he words, which are the following:
- daddy
- dog
- hat
- hot
- ball
- diaper
- es (means, Rufus, her lovie)
- no :(
- i love you... = "i ooo"
- bye bye
- momma
- hi
- head
- ears (although she thinks eyes are ears too)
- nose
- duck
- 'dat? (what's that?)
- baby
11. Chase. We play peek-a-boo and chase a lot. While she's been taking steps since 11 months, C.J. still won't walk. She would rather "knee walk", which is pretty stinkin' cute. Plus, I can still keep up with her.
One of the most precious things that she does when Lauren is home is grabbing our heads and pushing them together to watch us kiss with a BIG SMILE! I love it. It's so healthy for her to see that too. If you have a child, kiss and cuddle with your spouse in front of your kid often.
I absolutely love our little family. We will be excited once residency is finished and we can have a more "normal" life again. Yet, it's been such a privilege for me to stay at home with Caroline. These 3 years will be the most unexpected blessing; a true gift I never knew I needed, but is shaping me in ways I don't even know.... I love my 'lil Denver nugget!
