Now that Abby has perfected speech, you can never be sure what comes out of her mouth. Or even what any of it actually means. I seem to be the best at putting the pieces together and making sense of the babble. Abby is also very helpful because she insists on repeating things a million times until you acknowledge that she said something.
Lately she has been talking about a witch. Bubbie has a witch, mommy has a witch. It wasn't until she pointed at the object that I understood what a witch was. Its really a watch, but she doesn't think so, its a witch Mommy!
This weekend we were at the sports store and JJ was looking at the nice watches in the case. Abby, of course, was picking out her favorites too. "Look at the blue one Daddy. I like that yellow one". The saleslady at the counter took notice and quietly told Gene that on the aisle display a few rows over, there were several character watches on clearance.
We take Abby over there to take a look. There's a wall of watches with all kinds of cute characters on them. The price is right, at $3, so we let Abby pick one out. She chooses the Doc McStuffins watch that lights up. She doesn't understand that she can't take it out of the box yet. But she is content for a few moments getting to carry it around the store by herself.
She is delighted to get to the car and put it on. "Look Bubbie, Look at my witch!!"
She stops to tell everyone about her new witch, that she picked out herself. It has Doc Muffins on it.
She also can't stop making it light up. Which makes a clicking noise when she does it. So after hearing the click a million times in a row, I have to threaten her to stop or I will take it away.
She proudly wakes up in the morning and wants to put it on. She wore it to school today. I hope it doesn't cause too much of a problem. I told her if Missy makes her take it off and put it away she needs too and she can have it back at the end of the day.
I've never seen her take such ownership over something. She is really proud of it and excited about it. Its fun to see her growing!
