Today my cell phone rang while I was at work.

Hello?

(heavy breathing)

Who is this?

Hi Oma!

It was Chiara, calling me by pressing a speed dial number on the cell phone we got for ahjuma. My mom was visiting to see Chiara (no one even pretends anymore that they would also like to see me and Luke) and prompted Chiara to sing her songs. So I listened as my daughter sang, in tune, her two new songs in Korean. One is about a bunny rabbit, where is it going? it is running, running! The other is about school, the school bell rings, dang, dang, dang, and we come running. The teachers greet us.

Oh my gosh! I was so proud of her that I could have cried tears onto the phone receiver. My little baby can not only remember all the words to two songs, but she is beginning to carry a tune, too. Sometimes her amazing talents and wonderful mind are just too great to comprehend all at once. Sometimes you just have to cry to take it all in.

Chiara had her hair in pigtails the other day and I thought it was so cute I had to take photos. But she kept moving and so, this is the best that I got.