Happy new Year to all of you. I just got back from dropping Lilli off at daycare for the first time. We had decided that she needs more interaction with other kids and additional stimulation. She is such a smart cookie. She has a vocabulary of way more than 100 words and is now using more and more verbs in all three language. She is not yet putting words together, but I assume that this is just a matter of time. She is now attending a Montessori daycare twice a week for the beginning. When I just got home the house was so quiet and you can tell that the spirit and laughter of our little girl is clearly missing. I can't wait to pick her up and bring her home...
Around new year she had a mosquito bite below her eye. Through her dark pigmentation it takes forever for mosquito bites to go away and I can still see some darker spots from bites she had back in September. We are trying to protect her as good as possible, but there is only so much you can do when you live in the tropes. I put some after-bite on to avoid her scratching it and to help it healing faster. The bite got bigger and caused swelling below her eye. That is my theory. My dear husband would tell you she probably fell and hit her eye. But none of us remember her crying and falling around that time. Well, the eye turned black and is still a little black. It takes a long time for skin conditions to heal on her dark skin.
Last Sunday we spent at the house of some friends. They had invited a group of friends to taste some Greek food that they had brought back from Greece. They had also invited Lilli's friend B. B and Lilli clearly love each other. They like to hug each other and give each other kisses. While they were hugging, they fell. B. fortunately wasn't hurt, but Lilli fell with her head against the corner of a sideboard. Her lip was bleeding, her eye has several big scratches. Did I mention that this is the opposite eye. So now she has bruising on both of her eyes and scratches on one eye. My poor little girl looks like she has been in a serious fight. I hope it will heal fast and she will be spared from bruises and scratches and bleeding for a while.
