Vivi's going to be 2 in less than two weeks. Two. My girl who I can still remember being inside my stomach, with her butt always pushing against me, who's heart beat I heard through a monitor, who had me in labor for 22 hours, that girl who just last year didn't have teeth, who didn't run, who didn't talk, is turning two. Now, she runs, she says, "Good morning, daddy" "Help me, mommy" "No no no, Olivia." who when we asked her yesterday, "Vivi, do you want french fries or yogurt?" replied, "Cake." When did that happen? When did she start opening and closing doors, drawing pictures, climbing on and off our bed, saying "Park" and going up and down the slide - by herself? I know all parents say, "Enjoy it. They grow up so quick." and they are right. I really don't remember her being so little when she was too small in the highchair that she would lean and slide to one side that Cesar and I had to put towels around her to prop her up. I can hardly remember measuring formula and carrying around water and holding the bottle for an hour just so she can drink 3oz, I almost forgot how she couldn't go into the bath tub herself, how we bathed her in a baby tub, propping her up with one hand. I mean it's not like I forgot really, but it's like the memory game. All the memories of her on the back of small cards, flipped over and Cesar will say "Remember when?", flipping a card, and that will trigger that memory for me and I will flip the matching card and then we laugh and add our own remembrances and the memory unfolds for us. Two. My girl. My Viviana.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Two
Vivi's going to be 2 in less than two weeks. Two. My girl who I can still remember being inside my stomach, with her butt always pushing against me, who's heart beat I heard through a monitor, who had me in labor for 22 hours, that girl who just last year didn't have teeth, who didn't run, who didn't talk, is turning two. Now, she runs, she says, "Good morning, daddy" "Help me, mommy" "No no no, Olivia." who when we asked her yesterday, "Vivi, do you want french fries or yogurt?" replied, "Cake." When did that happen? When did she start opening and closing doors, drawing pictures, climbing on and off our bed, saying "Park" and going up and down the slide - by herself? I know all parents say, "Enjoy it. They grow up so quick." and they are right. I really don't remember her being so little when she was too small in the highchair that she would lean and slide to one side that Cesar and I had to put towels around her to prop her up. I can hardly remember measuring formula and carrying around water and holding the bottle for an hour just so she can drink 3oz, I almost forgot how she couldn't go into the bath tub herself, how we bathed her in a baby tub, propping her up with one hand. I mean it's not like I forgot really, but it's like the memory game. All the memories of her on the back of small cards, flipped over and Cesar will say "Remember when?", flipping a card, and that will trigger that memory for me and I will flip the matching card and then we laugh and add our own remembrances and the memory unfolds for us. Two. My girl. My Viviana.
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Have I told you lately that you are an awesome writer?
I feel the same way about Lucy. How did we get to where she is a little person and not a baby. She thinks and acts for herself. She knows what she likes and dislikes and is not afraid to tell you. They are amazing creatures, and I'm enjoying every bit of it, even the challenges.
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