16 October 2018

Abby Jones, baby girl. You are still teeny tiny with little feet and adorable little hands and curved pinky fingers. But you are becoming a big girl at the same time! You have freckles on your nose and a head full of beautiful blond crazy curls. You like for me to braid your hair now, which turns into a tiny braid lost in a sea of curls, but you will hold it up high above your head so that you can see it in the mirror. You like to play with my "toncats," and you will get my contacts case and say, "Are these your toncats?" When you want to do something you will say, "Will you may hold my hand, please?" or "Could you may get me some water?" Last night you prayed a precious prayer at supper where you thanked God for your family and for the food and that school is so fun! You never want to be alone, and you will wait patiently for me to make myself breakfast so that we can sit down and eat together. You would much rather wait and eat with someone than eat first but alone.

You are really good friends with Cooper. The other day he told his mom that he loves you all the way to Pluto! When he cries at school you will tell him, "I'm your friend."

You love to talk on the phone, and you are becoming a pretty good conversationalist. The other day you talked to Oscar. You asked him about his school and he asked you if you wanted to come and go to school with him. You said, "It looks like your school is very hard work, and I don't have a diary." You said this in a perfect Kenyan accent. You asked if his school had a playground. He said if it did he wouldn't be able to play because you wouldn't be there to play with him. You told him Erin's new baby is named Graham, and you rolled the "r."

You like smelling my oils, you accidentally touched your nose to the Christmas one and it burned you so bad! Now you say, "Can I smell your oils but I WON'T TOUCH them?" You eat oatmeal every morning for breakfast. Your school had a field trip to the hospital last week and you were so afraid! You thought you would have to be checked up by the doctor. For some reason, you are really afraid of doctors and hospitals. Erin went on the field trip with Cooper, and she was there with you, too, when you were leaving the school, and that made you more comfortable. Papa was there with you when you were touring the hospital, and you really liked that.

You love chocolate ice-cream and always get it all over your face, but it makes you so happy! You and Papa are so much alike in your personalities. Both of you love to have fun and to laugh and make others laugh. You love people and activity and don't need much sleep. You can go and go and go. I have a more melancholy personality, but you and Papa are like rainbows and sunshine.