- First molars earlier this week, one on the bottom left and one on the top right. That's 10 teeth for those of you keeping track. Only 10 more to go! Bring on the turkey jerky.
- First instances of stringing two words together. Roxi's vocabulary has, up until now, been a string of one-word declarations: More! No! Meow! Quesadilla! These days, we're getting a few phrases: More raisins! Cow moo! No more! Cheese please!
- First instances of counting. We're up to two so far. As in: One, two shoes. One, two blocks. And so forth.
- First singing of the ABC song. We're up to D (on a good day). The interesting part is that she starts singing it (granted, you must be listening with a trained ear to hear it) when she plays with her computer keyboard.
- First religious candy experience. A very nice woman at TCBY's introduced Roxi to the magical wonder of M&Ms yesterday. Rob and I decided immediately not to tell her the name of the treats so she couldn't ask for them all the time. This, we figure, will be happening soon enough. She seems to think broccoli with cheese sauce is candy these days; no need to tell her otherwise.
- First fuh-fuh-fuh. Roxi got her very own fish a few weeks ago, a lovely blue/purple Beta named Fifi. Happily, our three cats seem completely uninterested in Fifi thus far.
In other news, Roxi has been smooched on by lots of grandparents lately. Grandpa and Grandma took her to the park. Gamma shared fabulous pop-up books. Nanna taught her about the color pink. And much, much, much more.
And a list of Roxi's current favorite activities:
- Eating. A lot. Especially raisins and broccoli (and M&Ms, but we're not talking about those).
- Drawing. The drawing experience includes the preparation of the paper, taping of the paper to the table, removing of the crayons from the container, actual drawing, asking Daddy or Mommy to draw shapes (circles and stars mostly, we're working on triangles and squares), putting crayons away, ripping the paper off the table and asking to start all over again.
- Naming colors. Her latest breakthrough is knowing the difference between purple and blue.
- Asking us to sing songs. Especially ones accompanied by ridiculous gestures.
- And still on the A list: dancing, reading and chewing on everything within arm's reach.