{"id":628,"date":"2016-04-06T11:11:11","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T15:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/?p=628"},"modified":"2016-04-06T11:13:01","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T15:13:01","slug":"whatchya-doing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/?p=628","title":{"rendered":"Whatchya doing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/scan0001.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-632\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/scan0001.jpg?resize=300%2C198\" alt=\"scan0001\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/scan0001.jpg?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/scan0001.jpg?resize=768%2C508&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/scan0001.jpg?resize=1024%2C677&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/scan0001.jpg?w=1796&amp;ssl=1 1796w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>August 22, 2002<\/p>\n<p>Dear Maya,<\/p>\n<p>Another month of rich development.\u00a0 Your language reflects conceptual growth.\u00a0 I\u2019ll give you a few for instances.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You look in the hamper and if there\u2019s nothing in it (a rare moment), you\u2019ll say, \u201cit\u2019s empty.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>If someone is doing something unfamiliar to you you\u2019ll say, \u201cwhatchya doing?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You also love to take inventory of people or things verbally.\u00a0 Like at the end of a meal, \u201cdaddy all done?\u00a0 Adin all done?\u00a0 mommy all done? Maya all done?\u201d\u00a0 And when you wake up in the morning, \u201cwhere\u2019s Adin?\u00a0 Where\u2019s daddy?\u00a0 Where\u2019s Sasha?\u201d \u2026who incidentally we saw off at the airport a couple of days ago, so according to you, right now she went \u201cbye bye\u201d and is still flying around in a plane!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/scan0002.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-633\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-633\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/scan0002.jpg?resize=300%2C198\" alt=\"scan0002\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/scan0002.jpg?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/scan0002.jpg?resize=768%2C507&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/scan0002.jpg?resize=1024%2C676&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/scan0002.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is super clear that your element of learning is by others modeling for you.\u00a0 I so often chuckle by how you are <u>constantly<\/u> in Adin\u2019s shadow, doing <u>everything<\/u> he does (or attempting to).\u00a0 I had to laugh when you saw that (because I had a bad allergy day), I was forever blowing my nose, creating wet tissues.\u00a0 You had a little routine of taking a tissue to our bathroom sink, standing on the toilet, you\u2019d turn on the faucet and wet the tissue.\u00a0 You\u2019d then come into my room with the wet tissue and make blowing nose blowing sounds into it and then \u201cthrow it in the ga-bage.\u201d\u00a0 This happened five or six times until you slid and fell on the wet floor in the bathroom. \u00a0Ouch! \u00a0And what a sweetie!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/scan0004.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-631\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-631\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/scan0004.jpg?resize=300%2C198\" alt=\"scan0004\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/scan0004.jpg?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/scan0004.jpg?resize=768%2C508&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/scan0004.jpg?resize=1024%2C677&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/scan0004.jpg?w=1796&amp;ssl=1 1796w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve always been a climber.\u00a0 The other day, it was too quiet for a while.\u00a0 I found you in your room.\u00a0 You discovered by moving the stool to your dresser, you could step on the little ledge at the bottom, then use the little knobs and whatever lips were sticking out from any drawers to climb to your dresser top.\u00a0 There I found you with almost the entire second shelf emptied on to the floor.\u00a0 You were standing there in your glory, one by one, throwing books and toys onto the floor.\u00a0 You were so happy and proud.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t get upset; I needed to smile along with you.<\/p>\n<p>Once you get use to the water, you love to be in it.\u00a0 At Moriello Pool, you <u>love<\/u> the kiddie pool, but you also get into a routine of jumping off the ledge in four feet water where someone catches you.<\/p>\n<p>You continue to be open to people we trust.\u00a0 You befriend our friends.\u00a0 You\u2019ll choose them over us, even if we (daddy or me) are around.\u00a0 For example, we went on a hike to Bonticou (by the way, you did much of the climbing yourself).\u00a0 When at the top, you kept on asking for \u201cDindy\u201d (Cindy) to hold your hand or help you.\u00a0 You chose her as your buddy.\u00a0 And the other day at the pool, you wanted Ellen to catch you and hold you, even with Tuli in her arms, rather than me or daddy.<\/p>\n<p>We just saw Grammy and Pop who adore you thoroughly.\u00a0 You won their hearts and make their day.\u00a0 Grammy says that her grandchildren are her \u201cbest anti-depressant\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/scan0003.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-630\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-630\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/scan0003.jpg?resize=300%2C199\" alt=\"scan0003\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/scan0003.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/scan0003.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/scan0003.jpg?resize=1024%2C679&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mayasgifts.elisegold.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/scan0003.jpg?w=1792&amp;ssl=1 1792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned, Sasha just left after being here for a month.\u00a0 You just love \u201cSasa\u201d.\u00a0 You also can be a bit of a nudge to her\u2026going through her things in her room and trying to touch her \u201cnursies\u201d, etc.\u00a0 But I guess that is all part of having a big sister.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of \u201cnursies\u201d, I just threw out the last of my nursing bras.\u00a0 It\u2019s really the ending of an era for me.\u00a0 Thankfully, our bond is as strong as ever.\u00a0 You are a true hugger, cuddler and affectionate toddler.\u00a0 I love having this scrumptious physical contact with you.\u00a0 And yes, you love to slip your hand in my shirt to \u201ctouch my nursies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sweet dreams,<\/p>\n<p>Mommy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 22, 2002 Dear Maya, Another month of rich development.\u00a0 Your language reflects conceptual growth.\u00a0 I\u2019ll give you a few for instances. 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