Well, Della has been busy growing up when no one was looking. Her vocabulary grows each day! Her favorite words are milk (nook), sorry (saw-see!), Go to the trees Dutchie! (Tees Dutchie!), Elmo (who she recently discovered and LOVES), outide (ow-side), boots, socks, Mama and Daddy, Dutchie, No Dutchie, Hello Dutchie, Bye Dutchie, food (foof), candy (canny), baby, nigh-nigh, bye bye, Shh Shh - baby sleeping (which is what she tells her babies when she puts the to bed), Nose (nosth), apple, Poppell (PAW PULL), Della, boots, books, uh oh broke, choo-choo, and lots more.
Her favorite activities are putting her babies to sleep by carrying them around the house and saying "shh shh" and wrapping them in a blanket. She will sometimes pull out a bread pan and use it as a cradle for her smaller babies. The dining room table is now a fort and secret hiding spot for Della. She sometimes even invites Mommy, Daddy and even Dutchies to come in. Lately, she has been pretending to be a puppy and will go around the house on all fours and will pant and say "woof woof". Last week, she had her first haircut ever performed by Mommy. We didn't cut much off, just enough to even out the lenght. It now curls under right at her chin. Della loves to be outside and play. She is very adventurous at parks and goes down the big slides and climbs all over the jungle gyms. She loves it when we blow bubbles for her and thinks it is so funny when Dutchie tries to eat them. She likes to roughhouse with Mommy and Daddy. She plays with Dutch but I think he views it more as tormenting. She has to tell Dutchie sorry many times for pulling his ears or stepping on his to get up on the couch. Very sweet when she does it.
Thank is what is going on lately though!