First Love

Dear Mackenzie,

Last night, you said "I love you" for the first time! We were cuddling in my bed when you smiled at me and said in a sweet voice, "I yoooo, Mama!" Then you hugged me and it was just so so sweet! You have also learned to put your hands together in a heart shape and say "art" (heart) the way JieJie and I do when we do our special goodbye in the mornings.

In other news, you learned how to say cook (you often say this when you are playing with my oven mitts in the kitchen) and cook-eeee (cookie--the best was when you ate one of my cookies and said, "Cook-eee good!"). You can also finally say Elsa, though you pronounce it "Da." And when you were standing at your bookshelf trying to pick out a book for us to read together, you said, "How bout . . ."

It's so exciting when you learn new words!

Love,

Mom