¿Tata?

So the Animalia's Tata was in Chicago for nearly a week and she missed him terribly. We kept telling her "Tata está en Chicago con el Tío Tío" to which she would reply, palms turned upward, "¿Tata go?" and we would feel sad for her. She spent the week looking for him, pointing outside (and to other places that Tata usually goes) and asking "¿Tata?" La pobresita, la abandonada, she was sad and a little confused. One night she even woke up in the middle of the night crying for him, actual tears rolling down her face, pointing at the window and asking for him. It was terrible.

Her Da tried to tease her. He knocked on a closet door, opened it, peeked inside and said "Bad Tata, go home!" This just resulted in her pointing at that particular door day after day and asking "¿Tata?" Her Nana read her a book where a grandfather makes pizza with his granddaughter and she pointed to the picture of the grandfather and said "¡Tata!"

He got back last night and I couldn't wait to see what she'd say/do when she saw him. She has been known to run to him, arms outstretched, saying "¡Tata! ¡Tata!" whenever he's gone for a couple of hours and she sees him get home. So we got to the house this morning. He came out to greet her. She gave a half smile and then she ignored him. He was talking to her, he clearly missed her, and she wouldn't look him in the eye. She looked away with a funny smile on her face. They went inside and he took her out of the car seat and she started pointing things out to him but still wouldn't look at him. She wouldn't give him abrazos or besitos. It was like she only kinda sorta recognized him after all that time. Or like she was a little confused... she LOVES her Tata but where was he all that time? She didn't pull away from him though, she didn't complain or yell, but she did say "Nana" several times as if asking for reassurance. Her Nana would never abandon her. Never.