Beatrice, Stairs, and Cats, oh my

Why aren't we here ALL the time? I could tell that was what was going through Rosemary's head the entire time we were at the Dixcys' house to celebrate New Year's with Christina, Dale, Beatrice, and Christina's folks. In fact, she was so excited to be there that she woke up at 11 o'clock and couldn't be convinced to go back to sleep, so I finally just got her up figuring it was worth the photo op (see New Year's post). She was fascinated with Bea, who is 8 months older, and there were lots of unfamiliar toys to play with, a pair of steps in the living room (world's best climbing toy), several kitty cats to chase, and a giant Christmas tree to wave at. She waves at every Christmas tree she sees - we are taking it as a sign of great intelligence. (Back story being that she does it because she stared so raptly at the first Christmas tree she saw that Jason finally suggested she wave at it to break the ice.)

Back home again, she is having a fun week collecting and applying new words here and there (well, really just sounds). Duck, dog, and cat came first. Just today she started saying "coat" (which sounds boring but her coat is puffy and hot pink and fun to play with) and making fish lips when you ask her what a fish says. She likes giving "nose kisses," which she does by shaking her head no with a big smile on her face.

Rosemary and Bea and Big Bird: