16 month old

Dear Elle,

The summertime fun is almost over. Soon, we'll miss thee, the glorious sunshine and the sandy beach, while the winter chill is spilling all around us.

That evening, we found you sitting inside a basket that can barely fit your bottom at a corner with a serious face put on. Dada joked about you looked like potty training yourself and it turned out you were indeed doing some serious potty business at that moment, which cracked us up.




You know we're going out when mama's taking out the footwear and shouting out "Come, wear sock sock and shoe shoe!". You'll run towards mama and then sit on the floor waiting mama to put on the socks and shoes for you. When the door opened, you walked out and waited at the stair for mama holding both of your hands and guiding you walk step by step down the stair. You always run straight into the living room when we're coming home. When mama's shouting out "Shoe Shoe", you'll run back to mama and sit on the floor waiting mama to take off your footwear.



You show us word and action always come together. You climb onto us, keep pushing down our noses with a few mishaps of poking into our nostrils, and yell "Nose Nose"! One fun game you love to play is to clap one's hands. You'll hold both mama's hands and then make them clap, the louder the clap, the louder you giggle.



Happy 16 month old, sweetheart! We're blessed to watch you growing up and become more independent day by day.

Love,
Mama