Happiness

Baby S is a happy baby. When she wakes up and she sees somebody peeking inside their room, she says, "Haloo!" When she gets to have the thing that she wants, she says, "Tank yu!"

I could already see that we are going to spoil Baby S like crazy. And why wouldn't we? She is adorable, and she has all these cute tricks! When we say "panic," she starts a long, slow wail, raises both her arms, and turns her head left and right. When we say "hep hep," she raises both arms, smiles, and goes "Hooray!" We hang on to her every word, her every smile. And oh how she loves the attention!

Just this evening, she showed us her new trick. She was holding this little toy dog in her hand (and yes, she could already say the word dog!). What she'll do is hide the dog behind her back and say, "Na na" ("No more"); and then just as quickly she'll put her hand in front and show us the dog. We all go "Yehey!" She did this four or five times at least, and each and every time, we'd say "Yehey!"

That little girl has got all five of us wrapped in her tiny little fingers and for the life of me, I just don't care. I don't care if we're giving her too much attention. I don't care if we look like fools. I don't care. She is just this little bundle of walking, talking joy, and for now, while I still can, I'd like to kiss her and hug her and carry her and laugh at all her little tricks. These days are precious!