my little pumpkin

Although she's been increasingly wary of new people, Adelaide is all the more expressive and outgoing at home. She's learning to communicate and to reciprocate affection. She kisses us when she's happy, and crawls over to pull my pant leg when she wants to be lifted up. If I've left her in her room too long, she'll come scooting around the corner, looking for me, and then raise her hand in the air with a smile, as if she's saying "hey! I found you". She makes it clear how much she loves us - not just through smiles and laughs but now with gestures too. She's also figuring out that she can control the things we offer her - she'll gesture towards her water glass when she's thirsty or push at my hand when I give her strange food. She may not use sentences but she surely does converse!