With the passing of the last month it has been hard to keep track of all the things that have taken place on a daily basis. Our time with little Irini has been appreciated and happy. She has developed her mind and her sense of humor wonderfully and, in this month, has increased her personal participation in daily routines. To name a couple examples:
- Irini is now able to recognize when we are about to leave the house for a trip, and giggles her way to the shoe rack to select her shoes. Regularly she will be excellent at matching the shoe color to her outfit color. Chance? Fashion sense? Regardless, she happily holds the pair up to us and then sits on our lap while we put them on her.
- She is able to take off Laurence's footwear, pulling off either shoes and socks or sandals (with some fatherly support, of course) as soon as he enters the apartment, and then, with his shoes free of footwear, she puts her hands in the air and requests that she is lifted to his arms. He does so happily!
- She walks around stores, pulling items off the shelves, as she has for a while now. Except now she is putting them back in the racks when she's done looking at them!
- She is developing an understanding of "peek-a-boo" or "hide and seek" and loves to hide behind daddy's back while he is looking for her. Then, after about five attempts to find her, she reveals her smiling face by moving herself to the side just enough to be "discovered". Amazing, really.
There are numerous things we could focus on to express just how much this little thing has grown cognitively. From wanting to flush the toilet as soon as daddy is done with his "needs" to wanting to eat a slice of pizza in its entirety (just like mom and dad) she is absolutely amazing. Here are a couple items below to give you a glimpse of our daily life...
Irini, Natalia and Laurence take a walk around the lake in front of our apartment building (the blue and white buildings that are shown at the beginning of the video).
Irini is now developing her ability to recognize funny things. Not that ripping paper was ever lacking in fun for her, but this more abrupt approach to ripping paper had her rolling!
