In a flash of brilliance, Babykins has suddenly become an excellent mimic! In the past two weeks, she has started to copy the grownups around her, leading me to be both very excited and much more cautious about the things we say and do.
It started last week when Grandmakins touched her nose, then touched Babykins' nose. Babykins repeated the actions (although her "nose" can apparently be found almost anywhere between her eye and her chin). Then this weekend, I picked up Babykins' toy phone, made it ring, and held it out to Babykins, saying kitty wanted to talk to her. Normally, Babykins thinks this is just a game of pass the phone back and forth. This time, though, she took the phone, pushed the buttons, held it up to her ear, and said, "Olo, olo." I thought it was just a fluke, but later in the day as I washed dishes, Babykins sat happily in the living room making the phone ring, putting it to her ear, and saying, "Olo, olo!"
These were both very exciting accomplishments, but the best moment came this morning. Hubbykins was leaving for work and blew Babykins a kiss as he opened the door to leave. Suddenly, we hear Babykins give a big "smack" with her lips. She had blown Hubbykins a kiss in return! We both squealed in excitement (is there a more manly word for squealing?). I can't wait to see what Babykins learns to do next.
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