Waving

I remember taking Reese to the grocery store when she was 8-10 months old. She was finally old enough, and stable enough, to sit in the grocery cart and she would watch all the people and things go by. Other grocery store patrons would ooh and ahh or smile and wave whenever we passed by. Reese's response to strangers smiling and waving at her: a serious stare. To this day, Reese still struggles with greeting people. Every morning during the school year, her school's director welcomes her by name and Reese hides behind my arm. The employee manning the checkout lane at the grocery store asks Reese if she wants a balloon and Reese hides behind my leg. If you're a guest at our house, or Reese knows you well, you'd never guess she can be shy. And I should be thankful that she's not overly friendly with strangers, it just makes me stop and think because on the other side of the divide is Paige.

Paige started waving a little over a week ago, and she can't be stopped. She crawls over to the stove regularly so she can wave at her reflection. Tell her "hi!" or "Bye-bye" and she will wave like crazy. I took Reese and Paige to the grocery store today and Paige was like a pageant princess on parade waving at everyone she saw. Will the shyness kick in later? Or is this a trend I'm likely to see forever? Only time will tell. In the meantime, I've got one who knows how to "mean-mug" and another girl who's all-smiles-all-the-time. What a combo.