Dear Liora

A small funny detail: When you laugh really hard, you get the hiccups. I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it before but it has happened ever since you learned how to laugh. It makes me smile every time it happens because it reminds me of when you were a baby.

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You are still amazing. When you turned 2, you were already speaking in full sentences. Now you use full, complex sentences with multiple clauses, expressing mature thoughts and motivations. That said, you are still 2, with your contrary ways. I constantly have to remind myself that you are only 2 because you seem so much […]

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Almost everyday your father and I look at each other and say, she’s so amazing, or she’s awesome, or she’s so clever, so smart, so strong. A couple of months ago you started singing along when I sing to you. You almost know the words but not quite. You do seem to be in tune […]

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There are some little things you do that I absolutely love, and it’s hard to explain why. One thing is how you cock your head to one side when you smile when you’re really happy, or you’re trying to get someone else to smile too. Another thing you do is get really close to something […]

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I’d thought maybe with our 2nd child we would cease to be as amazed by your daily developments. But every day, your father and I say to each other, over and over, “Look at her!” followed by “She’s so cute!” or “She’s doing xxx (new thing).” We traveled for 3 weeks in Dec and Jan. […]

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You can walk! You started walking more and more during Thanksgiving week. At first you would take a few steps and when you fell, you would give up and just crawl. After a couple of days you started getting back up on your feet even after falling. Then you started falling less and less. Actually […]

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Dear, dear Liora, Happy Birthday! You were very happy tonight when we sang to you. At first you weren’t sure what was going on, but then I think you realized a celebration was on. For the last 2 days, you’ve been taking more and more steps. Last night you walked/stumbled/ran halfway across the room. I […]

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Everybody thought you would be able to walk by now because you stand so well. But at the playground other mothers were telling me you crawl too well to ever want to slow down and walk. They were so impressed by how you could climb the stairs, then back down feet first, go down the […]

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Since I’ve last written, you’ve done amazing things. You can stand! Actually, you can stand so well I thought you’d be walking already but you can crawl so well, why bother trying to walk. You love going to the park and playground. Climbing the stairs, playing with the mulch, and going down the slide. You […]

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My sweet girl! You still have that squinty smile, which makes it more bearable when you get up at 6am. Aba is the one who most frequently gets up with you so that he can get alone time with you before he has to go to work. That way you’re also getting a lot of […]

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