Baby Talk

Gracie is no longer a baby. Somebody made that remark recently when I talk about my baby. At two and a half, she is a little woman now. That is true but she will always be my baby.
Anyway, I really enjoy listening to things that she says. It bring a smile to everybody in house everyday. My wife and my my mother will often recount to me, things that Gracie said in the day when I return from work.

Lately, Gracie has taken to role-playing us. For example, she would pretend to be angry and scold us using the same words that we used. She would stumble over the words as she still cannot string together a complete long sentence.

"See! See! I told you so many times! You just wouldn't listen!" - imitating my wife.
"If I have to repeat myself thrice, I am going to be angry!" - imitating me.
"If you continue crying, I will dump you in the dustbin!" - imitating my mother.

Sometimes we would play with her by imitating her whinning.
"I want that! I want that!" - something that she would yell in response to almost all TV commercials. When we role play as a child and whine like her, Gracie will automatically assume the parent role. She would patiently but forcefully say, "OK, OK, we will buy that tomorrow."

Sometimes, Gracie would play with her doll or teddy bear and patiently persuade it to eat more vegetable. Or she would pick the phone and start talking as if talking to Candy, my wife's friend. She would go, "Mmm,mmm, I am busy right now. Mmm, mmm, OK, Ok. Mmm, mmm, make it quick...". I would look at my wife or mother and both of us would smile.

That's how precious Gracie is to us, she really put a smile on everybody with her baby talk. I look forward to holding her everyday as I drive home from work. A smile on my face in spite of the traffic and the rude drivers.