Rhino

Dear Maia, If I only wrote in this blog as often as I thought to do so, we would have a beautiful collection of little stories from the first 15 months of your life. I often write in emails the many adventures we have had in the first year and a half of your life, so we will have to go back one day and just read a bit more through my letters to family and friends. What I have decided to do is each day just write down a favorite memory of today. Today, your Dad and I were grinning from ear to ear as we heard you say for the first time "Rhino." It was not just the fact that you said it, it was the way you said it...so clearly with a nasal "--no" at the end of "Rhino" and your lips coming together in a pucker at the end of the word. I will write more, but in summary, you are a gorgeous little girl who is so very bright. You started saying your first word at 10 months of age..."Bird" and really started to pick up lots of words over the last two months. You amaze us and the biggest surprise we have had as parents is how much we love you and how quickly you grown and change from day to day. We love you to bits and so enjoy being your parents.