Character

As Nayeli grows, I am amazed at the personality she has. She is such a character. The things she says and does... I have to wonder sometimes, where does she come up with this stuff? Sometimes she does things that I feel she didn't learn here on earth- instincts that I feel were part of her spirit before she came here. And then some things... well it's obvious she didn't learn those in heaven :)

Her new thing is to say, "Uh... go" meaning "I wanna go". She says this to me when she's bored (i.e. sacrament meeting today) and sometimes even adds an exclamation point to her statement by banging on the front door or bringing me her shoes.

She also has a great sense of humor. The other day I was so excited to finally get a bow into her slowly growing hair.  I had to get a picture. I asked her to smile and this is the first face I got (complete with a growl):

Then this:

Where in the world did she learn to sass like that? I was busting my gut. My daughter is 1 going on 13...

Look how cute! I finally have a daughter who'll let me put things on her head again.

Going back to instinct:  Like many girls, she was born with a nurturing instinct. She recently found a doll and has adopted it as her "baby". This came after no prompting from me. It's like she just knew what to do with it. Here she is pushing "the baby" around the house in the stroller, complete with two "doggies" in the basket beneath the seat.

The rest of the pictures have nothing to do with instinct but I thought I'd throw them in here since they show her personality and she's just so cute!

 She loves anything dairy: sour cream, ranch dressing, etc. Here she is licking the cream cheese from the bagel I had just given her.

A "doggie" and a balloon. I think Old Navy is her new happy place.

 Talking on the phone to Grandma Jane. She will put anything and everything up to her ear and say "hi".

Last but not least, this video was taken while we were talking to Ben's little brother Sam one night. When we lived in Provo, Sam made up a silly song with Nayeli in Spanish about snuggling with him and it stuck. In fact, she asks for it every time we talk to him. This last time I had to get her on camera while listening to it and she did not disappoint.

Sammy, this one is for you.