In January I posted an entry that’s gotten a fair amount of interest, at least as far as entries on this blog go. The entry was entitled “Girly-Girl”, and had to do with my reactions to my daughter’s newfound love of a babydoll. Two young ladies have responded to my entry, with concerns that I be able to accept that my daughter is different than me (me being about as non-girly as they get, though the maternity clothes might hint at otherwise).

So, I wanted to briefly revisit that entry, and explain something. I love that my daughter is a girly-girl! It just reinforces that this little person that I had the privilege of carrying for nine months (OK, longer, since she decided mommy’s tummy was very comfortable, thank you very much) is a creation unto herself, with her opinions, own attitudes about things, and own outlook on life. It’s wonderful to get to see that developing. She’s now almost 15 months old and able to express herself in more and more ways. She’s not yet talking much, but she usually manages to get her point across anyway. She has a ferocious hug that she lavishes on her stuffed animals and on mommy, daddy, and grandma. Even cuter, that hug involves her patting our backs, I guess in an imitation of how we hug her. She loves the outdoors, and will spend hours wandering around, particularly if there are dandelions to be picked. She’s somewhat shy, but manages to still pull off flirting with lots of folks per day.

Cora’s going to be a big sister in about five months. We don’t yet know if her sibling will be a boy or a girl. We do know our little girl’s world is going to change, and that there’re good odds she’s not going to like it much at first. She’s had mommy and daddy all to herself, and as she’s expressed when we’ve picked up other babies, she thinks all to herself is the way it’s supposed to be! But she’ll have to get used to a new person, a person that’ll have grow to have their own set of opinions and ideas of how the world is supposed to work. Much in the same way that we’re adjusting to Cora’s opinions and ideas of how the world is supposed to work.