"Something Else"

I know people say to "write things down" so that's what I'm doing tonight. It seems Suzy is starting to say such cute things and I just can't remember them even the next day or when Rob gets home. But, today, I remember.

We read in the "big blue chair" every night before bed and last night she climbed up into my "lap" (more like the distal portion of my leg really) and announced, "My baby brother is taking up a lot of my Mommy's lap!"

We have a neighbor who is helping me with chores and lifting of Suzy during the mornings. When Suzy woke from her nap, she announced, "Kaitlyn is my boss. I'm gonna be the boss of Baby Andy". We'll see how well that works out for her!

On Friday, we went to my clinic to take a friend out for lunch (to Chick-A-Lay) and Suzy announced that Daddy was working at an office and Mommy works at the clinic. After a few moments of thought, she announced, "I work at Ready Set Play". I'll try and post pictures from our adventure there later. It's basically a big bounce house that Suzy LOVES.

My favorite for tonight, however, comes from bedtime with Daddy.

As he is leaving the room.....
Suzy: "Daddy, I need some more water."
Rob: "I just filled your cup, Suzy Bear."
Suzy: "I need something else."
Rob: "What do you need, Suzy?"
Suzy: long pause "Something else."
Rob: "Ok, what is it that you need?"
Suzy: "Something else."
another pause
"I need my birdies to sing to me" (We have a noise machine that has birds - it reminds her of the Doggy song from her music classes.)
Rob: "Your birdies are already on, Suzy."
Suzy: "Then I need the other birdies."
So, Rob switched to the other type of birds on the machine and all was well. I guess we have officially hit the "stalling" stage of bed time. But, still, it was pretty cute and creative on her part. I am reminded of my friends, Ashley and Andy, commenting that while they were in China people could just say, "I have a thing" and all was well. No questions asked. I guess Suzy just needs, "something else".