Person-Like

Zoe is becoming a person.

I have always said that she is more of a critter.  From the get-go, she squeaked and snorted and grabbed-- more work and more fun than a pet, but not a fully formed person.

When I meet friends for brunch I say, "3 people and a high chair, please".  I realize I'm confusing the hostess- yes, the baby is also a person, but asking for a table for four seems absurd. 

She still has her critter-like tendencies.  She shrieks, laughs like crazy for no apparent reason, grabs your face and nose and hair all at once, chases other babies at the park, and picks things up off the ground to put in her mouth.  She runs with her hands out into glass doors and smushes her face into her reflection.  She tried to hurl herself down stairs or off of high surfaces with no inclination of care.

But, recently, she's had these moments of person-ness.  Where I can see the little girl waiting behind the baby.  Where she looks at a book, or gives a hug or a wave, or just walks down the street not like a critter at all.  Personlike.