High Maintenance?

Two quick stories about our little girl with a rapidly growing vocabulary... and rapidly growing expectations!

A week or so ago, the three of us had gone out to breakfast & the waiter had just left our table after taking our drink order. Abby said "agua", which made me realize I had not brought her sippy cup like I normally do. So I told her we would ask the waiter for water when he came back. She shocked us both by immediately turning around in her highchair toward the direction the waiter had just gone & yelling pretty loudly "Abby, agua!" Both of us nearly fell out of our chairs laughing. Once again, she took us by surprise... how quickly they grow up & understand the way the world works...

Sunday morning, I was in my closet trying to find something to wear... Abby came in & started pulling out Dad's socks, boxers, etc. and holding them up while calling out to him "Dada"... we figured out she was trying to motivate him to get dressed too. Finally, after coming up with something to wear to church, I asked Abby if she was ready to go eat breakfast... she turned to Jake and said, "Dada, tacos!" Already, our less than 2-yr-old is ordering Dad to go fetch tacos for the family. Unbelievable!

Oh, and here is a random tip from our home to yours... if you are married to someone who snores & you are thereby forced to wear earplugs every night, then you will certainly want to know about this... check out this oh so logical place to store your earplugs during the day when you aren't wearing them... gets em clean and keeps em moist... and, as an unexpected bonus, makes the plugs about 5 times as big as they were the night before... just a free tip from us, compliments of Abby...