Tom, Abby, Michael, and I were enjoying breakfast together this morning when Abby and Tom had the following conversation (as a follow-up to Abby's breakthrough moment yesterday evening):
Tom: "Abby, do you love Mommy and Daddy?"
Abby: "Love Dada. Love Mama."
{squeals of excitement from Tom and me}
"Abby, who else do you love?"
"I love Mima."
"And do you love Mei Mei?"
Nods enthusiastically. Smiles a great big smile. "I love Lisa. I love Granda."
"That's so wonderful, Abby! Who else?"
"I love T*. I love Z*."
"Oh, Abby. That's so sweet."
{more attempts at encouragement ensue}
"I love Nana."
"And do you love Papá? Do you love Uncle James?"
There's that happy grin again.
But it was clear that she was "I love you'd"-out, for the moment.
She often likes to randomly say, "I miss you, I miss you too. Ali! Joe!"
So, as we were cleaning up, I asked her about Ali and Joe. I said, "Do they miss you?"
Abby looked up from the table and said, "I miss you, too!"
* T and Z are two of Abby's friends (the ones she had seen the most recently) from her playgroup.
