Sounds

Recently, I've fallen in love with the saying "pitter-patter of little feet." It's used to describe a new baby, but it also describes one of my all-time favorite sounds in the world. With Lilly growing so fast and learning so much, I've started to fall in love with the noises she makes. First is the sound of her crawling. It always puts a smile on my face when I'm cooking in the kitchen, and I suddenly hear the pitter-patter of Lilly coming to help me. I'll wait to see her cute face peak around the corner and smile when she sees me.

Second is her newest phase. It's actually a phase that I went through when I was a baby. Grandma Griffin came to visit when I was a baby, and she taught me how to say "whoaaaaa". It got to the point of it being how I found my mom when she was in the other room. I'd say "whoaaa," and she'd respond with "whoaaaa," and I'd crawl towards the sound, keeping up our game of Marco Polo until I found her. Lilly doesn't say "whoa," she says "AH!" She'll yell that out and wait for a response from one of us. She loves to do it in the car, while standing at the baby gate, or while she's crawling around in the hallway. 

My third favorite sound is the sound of her clapping. She's been clapping for a few months now, but she's been clapping harder and harder as time goes by. Her tiny hands make the cutest "slap" sound when she does it, and it always makes me smile. What's best is that she connotates clapping with my dad. We Skype with my dad every Sunday, and he's always telling her to clap. So now whenever we say "grandpa," she starts clapping. I told my dad that he may earn the name Grandpa Clap. Haha!