goat farm baby crush

salem woke up today yelling "Josh" at the top of her lungs. She probably thought it was a monday or wednesday morning so she'd go to his house to play. she was so excited to see him that we couldn't deny her, and thought it would be extra fun to bring him along with us to a local goat farm. So we picked him up, strapped in his car seat, and took off with both kids looking really confused.
They saw and fed baby goats, mama goats, daddy goats, and really liked playing with the chikens. Then we got fresh organic plum scones, sat on hay bales and tactors, and went to the garden store to get flowers and veggies for the garden. by the time we got home, they were very worn out.
Salem often yells "josh" when she is reminded of him, or if she knows she is going to his house, or going to see him at church. I think she'll be crushing on him for the rest of her life.

Da-po

this is my grandma holding salem at my cousins wedding. isn't she beautiful?

"NO!"

Salem's new word is "no!" with an attitude, of course. She learned it from her friend Josh, who learned it from their friend Jonathan, who learned it from who knows where. the beauty of living in community. We are entering terrible twos. i don't know if i am ready. but she still has so much sweetness in her i can't stand it. In the morning she likes to wake me up with gentle pats and tiny kisses and a soft, "mama." Then she wants her milk and cheerios in a cup so she can cuddle and snack until she goes to play with Josh. She's my love bug.

update

Salem is almost 15 months and she is walking and talking. She says mama, please, woof-woof, quack-quack, baby, and hi. She is around the 50 percentile for height and 10th for weight.

Our dog Chile died this week, but Salem loves chasing India around. It is much easier for her to play with one dog instead of 2. Two was too overwhelming.

Dear Journal...

this week salem has started to love scribbling. She always takes my pens from me and tries to write in my journal. It is really cute. She looks like she is seriously detailing her daily emotions:

"Dear Chile, I miss you. I hope you are having a good time in heaven and eating lots of yummy food. Now India won't steal it all."

"Dear Journal, it hurt my feelings when mommy and daddy left said i couldn't play under the sink. It seems so great under there."

"Dear Journal, I have four teeth now, but my first two were my pointy ones on the top of my mouth. Everyone said i look like a little vampire. Is that good or bad?"

"Dear Jesus, please make momma and dada come back. where did they go?"