Happ-EEE!!

A few times a day the Nugget will say "Happ-eee" and laugh or give us a big smile. We think she really knows what it means and is telling us she is happy, but who really knows. She is still loving her "ants go marching" and "3 little ducks" songs ... asking us repeatedly by saying "ma!" (march) or making quacking noises to get us to play "3 little ducks". She says "achoo" to hear Ring around the Rosie (in this version they say "achoo, achoo, we all fall down" instead of "ashes, ashes". She loves to hold hands and watch daddy and mama fall down when it is time - she usually stays standing and laughs at us. Now we notice she sings certain words - the "yes sir" as in "yes sir, yes sir, three bags full" and "happy" when the lady comes on and asks "IS Everybody Happy?" right before singing "if you're happy and you know it". At breakfast today when the waitress brought a tea kettle for mama she said "Hot tea" as soon as she saw the steam coming out of the pot. Nothing is getting past her now! This includes anything to do with owl's - I would have to say it is quite an obsession. She has a shirt with an owl on it, socks with owl's, pictures of owl's in books, and now she has some tiny owl's on the bath/shower curtain. When she sees any of these she proudly proclaims "hoo hoo!" We took a visit to PA last week to visit some friends - Liana got to see her buddies Aaron Oberholser and TJ Hillery. She did really well in the car but like all other trips her sleep was disrupted and nighttime was challenging for mom and dad. Now she keeps saying "car" because of all the hours she logged watching Sesame Street and Elmo on a portable DVD player - she now thinks Elmo is in the car! As I sit and write I am trying to remember all the fun things she says and does and I can't recall them all - it would take more time and space than there is in this world to document the number of times the Nugget amazes me, makes me proud, makes me laugh, makes me feel special, makes me reflect or makes me so grateful for her love, her health and safety and her unique personality. I'm so glad she is in our lives! Look for an update next week with some photo's from our recent visit to the Roger Williams Park Zoo Jack-O-Lantern Spectaular (pretty awesome) and Halloween pics. Liana is going to be a little duck!