Maaa-ME

It is so strange to think of Autumn as being a big girl. She now tells me when it is time for her nap. Not saying it exactly, yet coming up to me with a blanket and laying down right in front of me. Then when I ask her if it is time for a nap, she heads towards the bed. Her ability to understand what I am asking her to do has increased significantly in the last couple of days.

I think sometimes my child likes to play mind games on me. Wait, sorry, I know my child likes to play mind games on me. A example of this recently has been not saying the word "mom". It is almost mother's day, and all I would like from my child is to just hear her say "mom". Apparently she says "mom" when I am not home. So yesterday, while sharing a flavor ice together, I kept pointing at myself and saying "ma-ma" "maaaa-ma". She looked at me and all of a sudden "mama" "MAMA" mommy" "ma""ma". It just kept coming. She was bobbing her head up and down while saying it and I was just smiles. Made my day!

 Being a "Big Girl" and drinking her milk out of a mug like Mom does with her coffee in the morning.

My little girl is getting so big. She is so small in so many ways though. I love watching her grow. And I love comparing pictures of her over the last year. My family has a little bit of a camera addiction. My brother and mother having this problem more than me. However, with Autumn, and how fast she grows, I love their addiction.

April 15th 2012 Autumn's Baptism when she first got Norman the sock monkey

May 10th 2013 a little more than a year later and look how big we are