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Eighteen versions of you

8/4/2014

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1. Increasingly cautious. If you don’t know it, you ain’t doing, touching or eating it. Unless of course it looks really dirty and inappropriate, because that will freak mum out.

2. Kissy kissy mwah. Though it comes in waves and most definitely on your terms, you give cuddles and kisses with such love and abandon that I want to bottle them all up for a lonely day. Even the snot-smeared ones.

3. Chatterbox. So you ended up with crazy parents who speak different languages, and who had you in a country where they speak a different language still. Anyone would forgive you if you chose to maintain a dignified and pointed silence, but no, you’ve got it sussed: choose the easiest word in each language, and wait until the rest of us catch on.

4. Ravenous. Especially when there is pasta involved. Especially especially when it’s pasta with a good, smeary sauce. 
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5. Contradictory, in a way that only toddlers can be. Woe betide anyone who tries to do up the buckle of your buggy or wipe your face for you, and yet you can’t bear to be alone. Can’t cope with the thought of sleeping without us, of one of us being here and the other not. And I can’t blame you, my love.

6. So, so funny. When Mama hits the “skype” button, the “clown” button is set off on you. You dance, you holler, you pretend to be shy, and then start all over again. You find funnies in places I’d never have looked and you know what? I’m glad you pointed them out.

7. Worldly. For better or worse, my child, we’re on an adventure together. We’re here now and goodness knows where we will be next, but somehow I think you’ll take it in your stride.

8. Broom-fanatic. What, what is it about brooms? Never mind, you have as many as you like, especially if it means we can finally get your hair cut.
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9. Straight-haired blondie. With a Daddy who the Italians think is so dark he could be Sicilian. With two parents who probably keep Frizz-Ease in business double-handedly. Who’d have thought?

10. Tonguetied when it matters. There are so many things going on in your little head that I can’t fathom, though you try so hard to explain. Your doll has a mysterious “ouchie”, you say “grandma” 50 times a day. Do you have an ouchie? Do you want to know where grandma is? I’m sorry you have so many worries, my dear, and I’m even more sorry that we are not yet on a wavelength where what I say to you makes sense, and vice versa.

11. Delightfully bonkers. You hop, skip and dance to your own tune all day long, even, no especially, when it’s time to go to bed.

12. Marvelously messy. I know you know, and you know I know you know, how to use cutlery. But it doesn’t mean you’re going to when you can shovel so much faster with your hands or, better still, just hoover straight off the plate.

13. Always, ALWAYS on the move. Crawling at six months, walking at twelve, you were never going to be one for quiet sitting still. Tough sometimes, just sometimes, you grant 5 dozy minutes with a book or a video, and I sneak in more cuddles until you next go stomping off.
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14. Utterly determined. You know EXACTLY what you want, and won’t stop at anything until you get it. And on the rare occasion that you don’t, your cries are raw, epic, heart breaking. 

15. Selective. Not even the cuddliest teddy bear or the softest lovey can capture your attention for long, but then we found the companion for you: a little boy doll. And there you are, often found cuddling him, putting his to bed, offering him to one of us for a kiss.
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16. Mine. In you I see my quiet concentration, deft little fingers manipulating a new and interesting material. I also see my reservedness - though not exactly shy, you like to observe before you engage.

17. Your daddy’s. In you I see your daddy’s limitless curiosity - you must turn everything upside-down and inside-out, just to see how it works. Your affection towards and consideration for others, even this early on, is also a lovely piece of him.

18. Entirely you. There are so many things we are yet to find out about you, what you like, what inspires you, what moves your little heart and mind. As we head ever closer to the Twos, your Stare tells me there will be days on which you and I clatter and clash. It makes me nervous, I won’t lie, but most of all I look forward to discovering even more versions of You. 
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6 Comments
Carie link
8/4/2014 03:25:24 pm

Aww he's just adorable - and I LOVE that it takes a broom to keep him still enough for a haircut!!

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Eline @ Pasta & Patchwork link
8/11/2014 08:24:03 am

He pretty much snatched it out of the salon assistant's hands... But whatever works, eh!

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Jenny link
8/7/2014 04:01:52 pm

He is really really SOOO adorable. I love all the fun photos. How creative to find that it takes a broom to make him sit still enough for a hair cut. That's awesome. Great stories to tell when he grows up. Thank you so much for linking up to Share With Me #sharewithme

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Eline @ Pasta & Patchwork link
8/11/2014 08:26:02 am

Aw, thank you Jenny! I hope he will appreciate these stories about himself when he's older. And if not, they'll make great embarrassment fodder when he's a horrible teenager!

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Steph @MisplacedBrit link
8/8/2014 03:39:17 pm

What a beautiful post! You're going to come back here so many times and be so grateful you wrote it! I love the Skype/clown button! What a precious little bean you have :-)
#Sharewithme

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Eline @ Pasta & Patchwork link
8/11/2014 08:27:25 am

Thank you! I love writing these posts, especially as I know it's so easy to forget about all these little quirks.

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