Cute toddler picture of the month

[dreamshark]

I took advantage of being retired to fly out to Portland for one day of babysitting. Lena is just a month away from her 2nd birthday, and is more adorable than ever. She is finally saying "Gamma" and "Gampa" and is capable of constructing short but pithy 3-word sentences. She has trouble getting out more than 3 syllables at a time, but still manages to experiment with many new parts of speech: pronouns, adjectives, interjections, indefinite articles. A lot of her "sentences" are really just a noun, but usually introduced with "A" or "Oh", as in  "A Bus!" or "Oh, PlayDoh!" She rather suddenly learned colors since the last time I saw her (which was only 2 months ago) and is starting to use words like "Happy" and "Sad."  When she sees a picture of a Mommy, Daddy, and small child she says "Happy."  Awww.

Didn't take a lot of pics since she had a cold and wasn't as photogenic as usual, but here's a cute one where her nose isn't running. She was actually a little grumpy until I said, "I'm taking your picture" and got this. This kid is a natural model.

Comments

[lydy.livejournal.com]

You make me want to be a grandparent.

[seekerval.livejournal.com]

Adorable as ever. Lena has such wonderful eyes.

[skylarker.livejournal.com]

That looks like a very brave attempt at smiling through sinus pressure.