scared for the first time

of my little girl growing up. one of MANY moments, i know, but this has been one of the scariest. nissa is improving with using the potty and all of a sudden she seems so grown up, comparatively. something about being in undies instead of diapers and doing something so cognizant, it kinda takes me by surprise when i see it. i like it, but don't at the same time. i guess that's what being a mom is all about.

my little kiddo is also finding new ways to be wacky. during meals recently, she has taken to pretending her food is us. she's pretended the food is various animals (parading them around) but now it's us. the other day during breakfast, a piece of toast became daddy toast and a little piece became nissa toast. the two toasts went off to play on the bed, something adam and nissa do regularly while i make dinner. it usually includes jumping (hoppity doo), hiding under blankets and pillows, doing somersaults, etc. then, while enjoying broccoli, it was mommy broccoli and nissa broccoli. mommy broccoli was sleeping and nissa broccoli gave her a kiss to wake her up (this is how we wake up daddy on weekends, i'm always the first one up). then the broccolis went to the couch to watch bloo. then daddy broccoli came along and they all three watched tv and relaxed together. i guess the real mommy and the real nissa need to do more together! though, to be fair, daddy's the chief tv watcher and i try my darnedest to do other stuff.

a couple of weeks ago nissa did something really cute. daddy left for practice and nissa declared "nissa practice" and made a bee line for her toy box. she pulled out her guitar, asked for assistance to turn it on, and began to practice (play the guitar). even better, the other day when she pulled out her guitar, she declared the guitar "rocks." a few minutes later, she was "rocking." then, to ruin a perfectly awesome path with perfectly toddler logic, she was "a rock." too much.