Yayou, or, Coloring

Clio really, really, really likes coloring. Not with crayons- that's kid stuff. Clio likes to color with MARKERS. Also, she calls coloring Yayou ("Yellow"), since yayou has become her catch-all word for "colors." As an aside, we went for her 15-month well visit yesterday (only she's 16 months and actually sick, but hey, it's been a rough month), and the people in the waiting room were very impressed that she could identify colors. This illusion was bolstered by the fact that they happened to ask her yellow first. If they had asked her blue, she still would have said "yayou" and the whole thing would have fallen apart. Once you convince her that you want a different answer than yayou, she can actually say blue, green, pink, red, black, and- my personal favorite- purple, but it takes some real prodding.

Anyway. Dave took this series of Portraits of the Artist as a Very Young Girl. Enjoy.








Since I mentioned the Dr. I might as well mention that Clio's vital stats are looking good:
33 inches (75th percentile)
22 lbs 1 oz (25th percentile)

At her one year appointment, Dave apparently expressed concern about this relatively low weight, saying that he always sees much "healthier" looking babies all over the place. Dr. Oppenheim, who we love, reassured him that many babies are overfed, and Clio "is what we call an active child." Plus, look at her Dad. Let's just hope she maintains a metabolism like his!