Hide and Seek

While at my dad's house in Fresno, Amelia did something that surprised us. She picked up some coasters she found lying on the coffee table and slipped them between the couch and an end table saying, "Hide seek."

Until then we had no idea that Amelia knew how to say hide and seek. She had been exposed to the game through one of her DVDs, but we hadn't tried to play the game with her at that point. Soon Amelia was pulling credit cards out of mommy's wallet, sticking them under the couch and saying, "Hide seek!"

A couple of days ago I came home to a happy daddy and Amelia. Mike told me that he had been playing with Amelia for hours and guess what? They were playing hide and seek. To demonstrate, Mike held Amelia and they counted to ten together while mommy hid in the kitchen. After daddy said, "Here we come, ready or not!" Amelia came around the corner to find mommy proudly saying, "I see you!" We played again, this time with daddy hiding, and when she saw him she actually said, "I found you!" Very impressive for a little girl.

I'm sure I say this all the time, but it's amazing how fast Amelia is learning. Tonight, on her way up to bed, she paused on the stairs to say goodnight (in her words, "bye") to objects around the living room. "Bye, juice. Bye, toys...bye, juice." (She must be really fond of her juice.)

Now she's sleeping away like a baby. Though I'll get to see her tomorrow, this is my drill weekend so I'll be leaving for Saturday and Sunday. I miss the baby when I'm away. Hopefully, where ever we move next I'll have a much shorter drive to my reserve center.

Lisa