Going nowhere & everywhere: Summer Vacation

We're coming to the end of our summer vacation. It was wonderful. We went nowhere and everywhere at the same time, creating memories that will last a lifetime. You saw fireworks for the first time and danced with joy, raising your arms to the sky.

You picked berries in a field and ate more than you put in the basket.

You jumped the waves at a little beach near our house, fearlessly running towards the water and not away from it.

You met a duck in the big city and said hello.

You looked for me each day and said "Mah-ma." You smiled when I said, "Yes."

Mah-ma. You say it in a soft, raspy whisper. It's deliberate now. More than just the "ma, ma, mas" of the past. You know Mah-ma, is me. I hear your little voice saying the word over and over in my mind. Listening to you find your voice is a joy. "Clock" - you say with conviction and point to it on the wall. "Quak quak," you exclaim with glee when a flock of geese walks by. You "trumpet" with your nose and raise your arm to become an elephant. Your "roar" like a lion with a growing sense of strength. You are cherished baby girl. Mah-ma loves you. Happy Summer 2012.