My baby is smart

I know toddlers all get these skills. They grow into adults, and that is not a surprise to me. Parents who are past this stage will go "Yup, remember that". However, this is my baby, and since it's happening to us, I'm quite stunned by it. I noticed today Samantha is able to properly translate commands; she can't verbalize a response, but she knows what you're saying and will do it.

We were sitting in Samantha's main play area, and she was on one side of the room, so I decided to see if she would remember something. I asked her "Samantha, where is Rose Tyler? (One of her dolls)". Samantha looked in the general direction of where the doll was (her rocker), and walked over to it, picked up the doll, and carried it to Mama.

Later on, she was walking around in the living room, and she walked by one of my baseball caps which had fallen on the floor from the sofa. So I said to her, "Can you bring Dada the hat?" She turned around, squatted down, picked it up, and walked over to me with it, hand outstretched with the hat. I was quite stunned, and almost moved to tears after this being the second time this has happened tonight. I then said "Take the hat to Mama", and she did that, too.

Speaking of Mama, I'm told that Samantha called Mama "Mama" today a few times, which she usually doesn't do, so that made Momma pretty happy. :)

She's also now saying "Choo-Choo" when we back up the truck to get out of the garage to go somewhere. That's pretty funny.

She defintely knows a lot, it's quite amazing to see it develop before my eyes like this. I thank God that he's blessed us with such a beautiful, smart, baby girl. I love my daughter.