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April 9, 2001

Wow, I have not posted an entry in such a long time. I apologize for that. I have been swamped with work here at school, and have been scrambling to make it all up. I am not sure I will ever be caught up, at least until I graduate (which is getting dangerously close!)
Alexandria is becoming a little girl more and more every day. One day I was just watching her, and she seemed so mature, looked so different from the little baby she had been for such a long time. It’s amazing, really. She is getting more teeth, she has 12 total, but four of those are barely poking through. She was just playing with her Little People Discovery City (which she loves) and there was about 1 mL (chemist that I am) of drool all over the toy. She’s still precious, even if she is my little drool bucket.
Unfortunately, she is still snotty, and I have been using the bulb syringe liberally. I think she has begun to get conditioned that whenever she wants to nurse she is also going to have to submit to the snot-sucker. However, I guess I got a little carried away with it this morning, because I wound up sucking some milk out of her nose! I don’t know how it happened (well, I know how, but you get the picture) and I just said, “Ok, this session of booger-hunting is over!”
She has been doing well at daycare also. Some days she doesn’t kick up a fuss when I set her down in there, but some days she does. Today she did, but her teacher set her on her lap and started to read to her, and Alexandria didn’t let out another peep. She loves being read to. She has about 8 books that she will bring to me (one at a time) and she will sit on my lap and turn the pages for me. It sometimes drives me nuts, because it seems like she never wants to play with her toys, and she just wants to be read to. But, who could blame her, since it is fun to sit in your Mommy’s lap and be read to and cuddled! And actually, I love to read (mostly fiction) and I am happy that she seems to enjoy reading also. I look forward to the day when I can buy her some of my favorite books from childhood and have her enjoy them as well. I think that will be so special. But that’s far off from now.
She still doesn’t say any intelligible words, but she babbles a lot more than she used. I can get her to say the word “doll” but she never uses it. She signs a little here and there, and can make her needs or wants known using them, and I am not really worried. I never did all that much talking to her when she was younger, so I think that is why she is reluctant to talk. Oh, she will say “mama” but I don’t think it’s specific to me. It’s odd, she can sign “rain” and “wait”, but she doesn’t want to vocalize anything. I bet once she starts talking, though, she will really take off. I also think she has really excellent comprehension. She understands a lot of things and she is constantly observing and imitating. Just this morning she got into my face powder and was sitting there applying the puff thing to her face. Okay, she was also spreading the powder all over the floor, but that’s beside the fact. She understands multi-step commands like, “Go put Daddy’s shoes in the closet and close the door.” I would give anything to know what she’s thinking sometimes.
She is such a joy. I never really liked children, but I always knew I would love my own, and I am so happy that I am right. I love her more than anything, and I would do anything for her. She is the most important thing in my life, and such a wonderful miracle that I can’t believe I thought I was complete. Life before her seemed so trivial, so lacking in some fundamental way.
Well, that’s all for this week. I hope everyone has a good weekend!