The Crist Family Journal

"I feel like a woman"

Have I mentioned that I think Rachel is well beyond her years! Well, she really is! I mean, her speaking ability and thinking is that of someone years beyond her 2 years of life. She has blown us away with the things that she says. First off, this little girl hasn't even heard the English language until she was almost 9 months old and she is almost 29 months old now and you can already have a full blown conversation with her. She understands everything you say to her (and to others for that matter) and one can understand almost everything she says. Let me just give you an example of our conversation this morning on the way to mommom’s for the day:

Dave was playing with Rachel in the kitchen while I was getting ready for work this morning. He was holding her in a position that I couldn't necessarily do and Dave teased saying that "mommy's old." She thought that was funny and said, "Mommy older?" I say, "Yes, mommy is older." LOL. Now we are on our way to mommom's this morning in the car and she says "mommy, I older." I say, "No honey, you still mommy's baby." We go back and forth like that for a little bit and the next thing she sings out is "I FEEL LIKE A WOMAN!" OMG, I laughed so hard and since I'm dealing with bronchitis had a major coughing spell while laughing. Where does she come up with this stuff? The only time I can remember her hearing Shania Twain is when we were watching American Idol the other night and she was a guest judge and they played clips of some of her hits. Seriously, to understand this and use it in the right context at the age of 2 is amazing to me!

I had to share this little story, because every time I think about it I start to laugh. Rachel is amazing and “the things that come out of the mouths of babes” crack me up! I hope this little tidbit of Rachel’s life put a smile on your face this morning because she sure does make me smile.