Getting to know Sarah

I am loving getting to know our little Sarah. Its wonderful that as she grows she shows more of her personality - the cute and the frustrating. Some of the things that I've noticed so far:

• Sarah must always have a spoon in her hand. It used to be anything hard like a block, car or hard toy, but now it is definately a spoon. There is NO WAY she is going to be without a spoon. When she wants to play with something, she hands me the spoon for safe keeping, or she somehow plays with the toy while still holding the spoon. Todd is out at the moment buying more spoons. Luckily she likes the cheap disposable kind and is not fussed on the colour.
• She is very good at communicating. As a speech pathologist I'm particularly proud of this trait. She always emphasises the ends of her words, especially words like 'cook', 'come', 'book', 'don't' and 'walk'. Sarah has figured out that although she can only say one word at a time, people talk in sentences, so she goes something like this "da da da da walk" or "la la la la cook".
• Sarah loves water. She loves the bath and beach and being outdoors. She loves dolphin rides on Dad's back at the pool. But she doesn't like going under water. Sarah loves splashing in the dog's water and spilling water at every opportunity. She doesn't seem to get the fact that mum doesn't like this.
• Sarah's favourite toy is a book. Often I'll see her climb on the couch and flick through a book by herself. Every night before bed we read no more than three books, otherwise it would definately get out of control.

Although Sarah's determined spirit can be trying at times, I definately see that she has enormous potential, and its my job to help her find what she loves. I'm looking forward to meeting our little boy, only about 5 weeks to go now!