21 Months

Oh sweet girl you are doing more & saying more every single day! They said your speech would explode between 18 & 24 months & it is so true! It seems like you learn a new word each day! I bet you can say at least 50 words now. And you put words together. "Down please." You know your animals & love to make their sounds. We go to the zoo once a week & you enjoy more each time we go. You know most of your body parts too. We swim often & you can swim a little by yourself, go under by yourself, jump from the side, go down the big slide & have no fear of the water! You can finally eat meals again without watching t.v...toothpicks help. You love going to the Ranger's games & clap for your team. You actually call any sport you see baseball. You even saw a football helmet & yelled "baseball!"...your Daddy is so proud! You love making "funny faces" & "wiggling" & "holding still" (from Yo Gabba Gabba). You love to go outside & help me in the yard by watering our plants. You only get your paci in the car or when going to sleep but actually went to sleep the other night without it at all! You still love your sleepsack at bedtime & crawl in it yourself. You love your dolls! Love to carry them around, push them in your baby stroller, pretend feed them, give them kisses & attempt to dress them. I even saw you using a tissue to blow one's nose this week : ) You are such a little mamma to your babies. You love to say "cheese" for the camera & think anytime a camera is out that it's b/c of you (mostly you are right). You love to say "bye" to everyone & everything when we leave places. When we leave the pool you say "bye pool", "bye everybody", "bye steps", "bye baby", "bye bird". We love it! It's incredible how much you learn when we aren't intentionally teaching you & how you imitate your Daddy & I: trying to put on his belt, wearing his watch or glasses, putting on our shoes, putting my earplugs in your ears, shaving your face (with the cap on the razor). You are just the smartest little girl! Please just slow down a little bit these next 3 months...we want you to stay one a while longer : )