All about Maeli

Maeli has done so well with Tucker, especially considering how totally screwed up her little world got when we all moved to Spokane for a while. Most of the time she loves Tucker and is such a great helper. Her behavior has changed a little, but I think a lot of that has to do with Grandma withdrawals more than Tucker envy. But here are a few examples:

Stealing the binky--which we knew was pretty much a given, at least she's usually nice enough to leave one in its place, but she's all about the "green" binks which are apparently much better than pink.
Slight depression--again, I think this might just be missing having Grandma at her beck and call.
This one surprised me--Tucker woke up screaming, so I go to the kitchen to make him a bottle, and find Maeli hiding in the cupboard going "shhh....shhh" I'm not really sure if she was trying to shush herself because she was hiding, or if she was trying to escape the screaming.


All of the sudden she is such a big girl. So many words! And she's even starting to make small sentences. Her favorite movies are Nemo & Toys (Toy Story) which Grandma had to watch way too many times. She also loves to "wash" things and is always asking for wipes so that she can clean up. I think she might be a little OCD, but at least she helps clean. When she looks for stuff she always says, "...where are you?" it doesn't matter if she looking for milk or Dad, or whatever. She loves her babies, and has recently learned how to burp them. She asks for "help" when she wants someone to come play with her, and sometimes when she really does need help. She's constantly cracking us up.