I see that it has been years since I’ve kept a journal or written in a blog, and frankly I blame Vadim. He has totally turned me off to the whole blog-writing endeavor. That happened because he got bent out of shape when I was all googly-eyed over him and insisted on writing about my feeeeelings on the matter in an online journal. But that was then. And NOW.. we actually do have a small wonder (get it?) who certainly deserves a web home of her own because every day she amazes me with the unbearably cute things that she does. And running after her with a camera (which I try to do) just does not do her justice, and does not capture even a small portion of what she is. So without further adieu, here is Leah at 16 months.
At 16 months, she is hysterical! She repeats everything she hears. She “speaks” mostly Russian at this point, and only knows how to say “hi” and “bye” in English. Although she also easily repeats any other words she hears in English, such as “hello” and “oh my god”, which is always followed by dramatically grasping her head with both hands. The few words which she knows in English she puts to good use, constantly screaming them at strangers on the street, in a park, in supermarkets. She has a severe (water) drinking problem, and any waking from a night’s sleep of from a nap is always followed by the command “пить!”, which means “drink”.
She is easily reduced to giggles, which just makes me want to eat her up, or drink her up through a straw, which I tried to do in vain on numerous occasions. My absolute favorite part of the day is coming home from work and having her scream “mama!” and run towards me and laugh. It is especially heart-warming because she only started addressing me as “mama” about two weeks ago, even though she’s been screaming “papa” at Vadim for MONTHS. Little bastard! One of her other frequently-used commands is “дать!” (meaning “give me!”), which she barks at us whenever she wants something. When I ask her is this what you want? (“вот это?”), she promptly confirms “вот это!”.
She loves music, and any mini-tantrums or bouts of crying can be put to rest simply by singing her favorite songs to her. She correctly sings the melody of a few songs, including the ABC song, the "eeya eeya yo" of the "Old McDonald Had a Farm", "От улыбки хмурый день светлей". She also flips to the pages in the book that contain her favorite songs, and starts singing the first line to indicate that she wants to be sung to. Her absolute favorite is "Крылатые Качели", which she requests at least 20 times a day by starting to sing the chorus word "Взлетая". I have no idea if this is normal or "age-appropriate" for a child of Leah’s age, but I’m just going to remain ignorant and pretend that she is a musical genius.
Finally she loves to dance. When you tell her to dance, she picks her arms up in the air and does little synchronized waves with her hands. When she hears music, she "dances" by doing what sort of looks like squats to me, in tune to the music.
She adores Rocky, Vadim's parents dog, and runs after him whenever he is visiting her, screaming "Woof", or actually "Av" (the russian version), and now "Goggie" (Doggie).
So this is Leah at 16 months, in a nutshell. She is, simply put, adorable. You know, in my completely unbiased, professional opinion.
At 16 months, she is hysterical! She repeats everything she hears. She “speaks” mostly Russian at this point, and only knows how to say “hi” and “bye” in English. Although she also easily repeats any other words she hears in English, such as “hello” and “oh my god”, which is always followed by dramatically grasping her head with both hands. The few words which she knows in English she puts to good use, constantly screaming them at strangers on the street, in a park, in supermarkets. She has a severe (water) drinking problem, and any waking from a night’s sleep of from a nap is always followed by the command “пить!”, which means “drink”.
She is easily reduced to giggles, which just makes me want to eat her up, or drink her up through a straw, which I tried to do in vain on numerous occasions. My absolute favorite part of the day is coming home from work and having her scream “mama!” and run towards me and laugh. It is especially heart-warming because she only started addressing me as “mama” about two weeks ago, even though she’s been screaming “papa” at Vadim for MONTHS. Little bastard! One of her other frequently-used commands is “дать!” (meaning “give me!”), which she barks at us whenever she wants something. When I ask her is this what you want? (“вот это?”), she promptly confirms “вот это!”.
She loves music, and any mini-tantrums or bouts of crying can be put to rest simply by singing her favorite songs to her. She correctly sings the melody of a few songs, including the ABC song, the "eeya eeya yo" of the "Old McDonald Had a Farm", "От улыбки хмурый день светлей". She also flips to the pages in the book that contain her favorite songs, and starts singing the first line to indicate that she wants to be sung to. Her absolute favorite is "Крылатые Качели", which she requests at least 20 times a day by starting to sing the chorus word "Взлетая". I have no idea if this is normal or "age-appropriate" for a child of Leah’s age, but I’m just going to remain ignorant and pretend that she is a musical genius.
Finally she loves to dance. When you tell her to dance, she picks her arms up in the air and does little synchronized waves with her hands. When she hears music, she "dances" by doing what sort of looks like squats to me, in tune to the music.
She adores Rocky, Vadim's parents dog, and runs after him whenever he is visiting her, screaming "Woof", or actually "Av" (the russian version), and now "Goggie" (Doggie).
So this is Leah at 16 months, in a nutshell. She is, simply put, adorable. You know, in my completely unbiased, professional opinion.
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