On the Party

As I laid in my bed last night I was thinking about my post and I realized it might be taken the wrong way. I almost couldn't fall asleep- almost, but I was really tired. So I wanted to clear up any misunderstanding. When I wrote the other post I was really lamenting in my failure to plan an engaging party. I don't want anyone to think I was complaining about the kids or the number of people. I was actually really touched that so many people wanted to come celebrate Ryan. It was really just that I had it planned a certain way and so much of it didn't quite turn out the way I planned. Over all I think it turned out fine. I *think* Ryan's guests had fun and Ryan remembers his party fondly. That's really what matters. Thanks to all those who came. We enjoyed your company:-)

She Said What?!

I'm beginning to think I'm the worst mom. Lily goes through her day babbling and making gestures. Sometimes she really seems like she is trying to say something, but I usually don't know what it is. A couple weeks ago we were at Chuck E Cheese and Lily wouldn't sit at the top of the slide. I kept telling her "You have to sit down", helping her to her bottom and then helping her down the slide. Another mom heard her "si" sound and exclaimed, "She just said sit!" Maybe she was saying sit, but she makes sounds like that all the time, so I didn't even notice. I just passed it off as one of those things. You know, people hearing what they want to hear. Today when we were at the doctor's office Lily said some babbly type thing along the lines of "Ah he dat." and the doctor said, "You hear that, huh?" Again I am taken by total surprise that someone would associate words with what is coming out of Lily's mouth. My mom realized that Lily has started waving and saying, "Da da-i" for goodbye. When she puts it together with the sign I can recognize it and I realized today that she was saying bye-bye when I couldn't see her, so maybe I'm learning, but I feel like a bit of a mommy dunce. Don't they say that moms are supposed to be he only ones that understand babies for a while? Maybe I was spoiled because Ryan's language was so clear so fast. I sure hope Lily starts getting clearer or I start getting smarter!
I did figure out that one of Lily's gestures means "Come get me." She does it when she is finished eating and some other times. I figured it out today when I made a similar motion to her and said "Come here." She made her motion back at me with a sly grin on her face. She wanted me to chase her, the little pickle! Maybe we'll figure each other out yet.