Miguel

Miguel you kill me. You are so funny and daring and mischievous. You have this twinkle in your eye that says you always have a plan. So on Saturday we went to the park and you had your first crush... granted it was only for 30 minutes but it was a crush all the same. Appropriately her name was Bella. You are 23 months and she is a young whipper snapper of 21. She might have been a chapina too. We were at Alta Vista and you and Tonio were taking turns going up and down the slide and she joined in. For months we tried to get you to go feet first backwards downstairs but stubbornly you resisted. You see Bella do it and then you were doing it- just like that. She went down the slide on her stomach and you went down that way too. Suddenly she ran to the big kid slide and you followed. Now I have yet to see you really interact with other kids at the park. You play near them or by them and but never with them but this time Bella had a spell on you. You would go down the double slide together. She was a talker. Sometimes you would sit on the top and watch her go down. She would wait for you at the bottom yelling, "oooonnnnneeee, ttttwwwwwwooooooooo, three!" and you would grunt,"uuuunn, uuuuuuu, eeee" and follow her down. Then out of the blue you hugged her. You have never done that and I was so surprised. Bella's mom said she likes high fives so Bella hold out her palm and you twist all the way around and slap her palm and then hug her again. It was great. We were late for lunch with a friend because I could not tear you away from Bella and following her down the slide. When she left the park, heading for the gate you ran after her trying to give her a hug. She turned from you- playing hard to get, while you waved your little wave (more like turning a door knob) as she walked away.

Later that day while I was making you bubbles you drank the concentrate bubble mix. You cried for about 45 minutes foaming bubbles at the mouth. Crazy kiddo.