Elise's First Comments

Notice that I did not say baby??? This is not by little baby any more. She is my little person...VERY little person. She is my toddler. I forget that everything I do and say is going to come out in her actions and little mouth. I found this out the hard way...not with a swear escaping from her, but with a comment that I use when I am talking with friends, on the phone or even conversing with her dad.

I noticed a few months ago that Elise started talking on the phone. Not talking with anybody, she was just yammering. Sometimes she would stop, like she was listening to what the other person said...and then laugh. I giggled because "look how cute! she's JUST like her mom". I would Te-he because "look she thinks she is big people".

A week ago I had an intense conversation with a friend of mine. It was over the phone so all Elise got was my side of the conversation. There was a lot of me yelling 2 special words I say when I strongly agree with what is being said . The following day I got up wandered around the house getting Elise her cuppy of milk, some eggs for breakfast, and I looked for a cold can of Coke I hid in the fridge. I found the coke, with two eggs. I set the coke down and stumbled over to the stove and started to cook. In Previous posts I showed Elise trying to drink a Coke her self. She, THINKING she was sly, made a move for the coke. She picked it up and took off running. When she realized just how cold that coke was she dropped it. "Ohhhh mommy...Coooooolllllld." I laughed because really how sneaky and quick she THOUGHT she was, from how clumsy she REALLY was made me say "Ya Thought you could get away with it?? Its WAY cold huh??" To which she responded almost TOO enthusiastic. "I KNOW".

Elise stayed with her Grandma and Grandpa one night. It doesn't happen often but when it does Joseph and I make the most of it...by coming home and turning in early and sleeping in. AHHHH anything past 7:30 am is HEAVEN. When we went to pick her up Grandpa told us this story. He turned on the fan in their TV room, but to get it started he reached up and gave it a little bit of a push. Elise looked up and saw what he did. When it kept spinning she said. "Huh...Cool", then returned to playing.