New year, new brother, new ME!

Hello there, everyone!

It's been quite a while since the last time I was here. Looking at the last entry, it was last August. Well, lots and lots of things happened since then. 

My beautiful and adorable little brother was born on December 8th in 2008. Our parents named him Ethan Victor. He was 6 lb and 7 oz and 18 inches and he came out 2 weeks earlier to be here for Christmas. I was there when he was born! Well, to be precise, I was playing upstairs with aunt Maki and grampa Andrew while mommy and daddy got him out of mommy's belly. I liked her belly. It got in the way of playing together and she couldn't pick me up for a while, but when she did, I got to sit on top of her belly. We took pictures with that belly. I understood that brother was in there, tho I never actually had the patience to wait long enough to feel him kick. He was very very busy in there, I even SAW a kick, but never waited long enough with my hands there. I liked when he was in mommy's belly, because he made her eat candy corn all the time and that was a lot of fun.

Since then, I've been learning a lot of things. Fist of all, I'm learning how to be a big sister and share.. It's hard. I don't get as much attention as I got before, and so I want it all the time. That drives mommy and daddy crazy. But I think my sassy and fussy age is also to blame for that - I'm almost 2! So, what do I like to do these days?

I like to make up my own words for things that I want frequently ('mi'-music, 'buyee'-bunny, 'da'-diaper, 'fi'-drink, 'be'-bath) and just about any word I can start. I say words like 'daddy' and 'mommy' clearly now. I also understand almost everything, including gestures and looks. I'm a little confused and taking this speaking thing slow, because I'm also learning Hungarian along with English. Huge thing is that I can recognize the whole entire English alphabet, thanks to long long play hours spent on my little toy laptop with the monkey teacher.

I also love to draw. I've been drawing on many things, like walls, tabletops, highchair, cutting board.. Mommy's trying to teach me how to draw things, but I like to experiment with colors and shapes on my own. I like how watercolors and markers feel and leave different marks on the paper.

I hang out with Zander and his baby brother Bitty a lot. He's almost 1 already! He is very cute, and it's easier to play with him, than to play with Zander. We're too much alike with our attitude and 2 years old sassiness.