Baby's 1st Christmas! What an
absolute
joy to have our baby Greta here this Christmas! The boys have loved
sharing this special time of year with their new baby sister - we all
have, of course.
Greta is
growing
and blossoming each day - such a dear baby. The other morning, she
woke up before dawn and was sitting in bed with Gary and me when out of
nowhere, she said, "What." With the tone of "what are you looking at?"
She enjoyed our reaction, and joined in our laughter. She has also
started taking delight in making loud noises. We were in Barnes
&
Noble just before Christmas and (as my Dad watched the kids in the play
center while I finished up some Christmas shopping), I mistook the
coffee grinder for Greta's squawking/growling
sounds. She wants to be heard. ☺ She is a happy little soul. She
adores her lovable big brothers and still loves to kick and play like a
little kangaroo. Her crawling skills are coming along nicely. She can
cover ground quickly, which keeps us all on our toes. She loves to eat
all kinds of foods, and unfortunately mistook puppy poop for a tasty
treat just yesterday. As embarrassed as I am to admit it, it's true.
Our new pup had an undiscovered accident in the house, and Greta was the
first to find it. Ugh. The combination of her speedy crawling, along
with her willingness to try new foods, was a bad mix in this situation.
But there seems to be no harm done. After eating dog poop, she can
never claim any vegetable as "gross," so we have some leverage now in
getting her to eat her greens. Greta has also started clicking her
tongue and loves to clap her hands, which she does often - after
responding to "How big is Greta? ....So....BIG!" She'll keep doing her
new trick, as long as she keeps getting the resounding applause we're
all prone to give her. We are having such fun!
We wish you all a very Merry
Christmas!!
