Last night Paloma and I were eating dinner and across the table a glass of water was shaking. As is typical of an little kid, she noticed it and pointed it out to me, “water splash” she says. It took me a minute, but I eventually figured out what she was referring to. A few minutes later, the table settled down, which Paloma also noticed, and she reported to me “water sleeping”. Hmm… I hadn’t thought of it that way, but yeah, it’s sleeping. She’s full of cute comments like that lately. I’ve been remiss in updates, so here are a few videos and pictures taken over the last month.

Paloma demonstrates swaddling:

Paloma dances to her favorite song, All Around the Kitchen (by Dan Zanes). And gets a bit dizzy in the process.

Paloma has been starting to role play which is a hoot. See her demonstrate laughing and crying:

And, finally, here is a very cute picture that we took of Paloma on Easter. She has been growing up so much!

As for mom and dad, we are busy getting ready for the new baby. Lots of work around the house, cleaning up, prepping Paloma’s new room, and of course, enjoying the warmth of spring in Portland.

Here are a few videos that I took of Paloma this morning. At first it was a bit difficult to coax her to perform for the camera, so I had to turn the viewfinder towards us as we sang. And of course, she loves watching the video after we record it.

As previously reported here, Paloma’s first humming tune was “Rain, Rain, Go Away”, and she has kept with the theme – her first singing tune was the same. She has also started to sing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and Hush Little Baby.

I was giving Paloma a bath last night, and one of our favorite things to do is put floating foam letters and numbers into the bathtub. Paloma refers to them collectively as “N”, for reasons neither Katie nor I understand. As I laid some numbers in the tub with her, we got to counting which she has been trying out lately. She is definitely starting to understand the sequence of numbers, although it seems she has a focus on two and three. These numbers usually end with her being tossed onto our bed or walking down stairs which certainly is cause for focus. From there odd numbers are her favorites (5, 7, 9). She was even belting out what I believe was the number 13 in the tub, but she would not repeat the performance for me with the camera. (see movie)

Paloma has recently gone through a name change. She is now calling herself “Pamoma” or “Kamoma”. If you get her when she is really excited, it might be “Pamomomoma”, as she was exclaiming to her reflection in the chrome bathtub spout last night. What’s more, she knows that it is her name. (see movie)

Finally, as I was taking video last night, Paloma pulled a subtle trick. It didn’t occur to me at the time, but now that I’m at the editing desk, I’m realizing – Paloma has learned how to be disingenuous to get what she wants! She always wants to check out the ‘wideo’ or ‘picker’ from the camera, but I wasn’t having any part of it as I was trying to take a movie of her. She decided to take a new tactic… “Hug!” she says to me. (see movie)

We here at the Shrolly’s have been documenting a lot of firsts for Paloma, but this one isn’t exactly in our baby book’s checklist. Nonetheless, I think it is another milestone for Paloma (and Driscoll!)

For those who have spent some time with Paloma and Driscoll, you probably know that for as much as Driscoll loves to hug, Paloma doesn’t like to be hugged (except by mommy and daddy, of course). But with kissing, they apparently have a common interest, much to the amusement of their parents.