And So It begins!

The last few times I've dropped speck off with caregivers and NOT relatives there were no teary wails of MAMA NO NO NO!  Just a small defeated nod and an "okay" or "hao".😱🙀.

More recently I've noticed she squirms a lot more when I give her hugs and kisses!  Albeit it's only been the one or two times I've hugged her a bit too tightly!  But still - that's one or two times too many!!  There was NO squirming before - EVER!

And finally tomorrow we're actually starting potty training!  No turning back now!  Kid is growing up and next thing I know I'll be sending her off to college!

But first Potty Training!

Up till now I haven't had to actively teach her anything.  She was born a good sleeper and a good eater (or rather bm drinker?).  I watched her and she figured out sitting and rolling over and crawling on her own.  I held her hand and she figured out walking on her own.  I talk to her and read to her and she figured out talking on her own.  I was hoping she would figure out the whole peeing/pooping thing on her own just by watching and observing me...but I don't think it works that way.  One can dream though...

So Tomorrow...its happening.

We'll see how it goes...

Ketchup!

So many wonderful things have happened since speck turned two (6 months ago!!)!

We had a family gathering to celebrate and in true speckish form there was no cooperation from the birthday girl herself...

Since then she's only been growing ever more adventurous...

And gaining an increased independence...

Not to say there isn't occasional bouts of clinginess...

But I know these days are numbered and I may feign making a face but when these days are gone they will be GONE and there's no way my baby will ever crawl on top of me to sleep again and I'm already mourning that loss!!

But I think I will always see her like this...Even as Victor walks her down the aisle to give her away to some guy that I will probably think is not good enough for my baby but hopefully God will give me enough grace to love him like my own son - if speck loves him!!

Speck has experienced so many firsts since the last chapter of speckventures!!

Most notably she moved out of her two bedroom two bathroom condo on the westside into a five bedroom three bathrooms single family house in the heart of suburbia! 😱

She gathered supplies...

Boxed up her life...

Carted them down to her car one by one...

And never looked back!!

She also took a week long road trip with her "Da Bo" and his wife.  

We visited "old gold mountain"

Enjoyed the beautiful scenery of Yosemite in the winter!!

Where she practiced stunting with her "Da Bo" at the awesome cabin we rented...

And made faces with her "Bo Mu"

She even saw the town where all our produce comes from when we inadvertently tagged along for a visit to "da Bo's" old college stomping grounds!

But she found herself the center of attention so it wasn't all bad!

She's also been doing a lot of growing lately...Alot!  She's over 3 feet tall now (comming in at the 95th percentile) and weighing in at nearly 5 lbs more than her last weigh in 6 months ago (now at a whopping 50th percentile)!

There"s more adventures planned in the coming months so stay tuned for the next chapter of speckventures!