22 months!

Wheres my girl at?
oh...ALL OVER. :)
you are so energetic, always doing something and it usually involves Baba. you LOVE that brother of yours SO fiercely.
You are jealous when I hold babies, and I know thats going to be rough for you when the time comes. but Ill do all I can to work through it! You are still particular, when you want cuddles YOU WANT CUDDLES. and when you dont want them..YOU DONT WANT THEM.

you know some shapes: triangle (ankle!) and circle (tertle) and we will practice more as the days go!

You know how to count some!
"One...Two....Three....Ten....Seven...." (work in progress)

you LOVE wrestling (or NingNing as you call it) and you walk around saying "CEEENNNAAA!!!" and "bum bum bu bummmmm" John Cenas theme music. its bonkers! last night you got up and wanted to watch wrestling sickly like at 5 am. it was silly!

You love Caillou (too much!) and you say "Cy-woo!" you like Sid (call him Kid) and you love Elmo (Ehmo) and "ee-ee and butttt" and Abby and "bi brd" youre so wonderful! you know the color Blue, and thhaaaats about it.

you love to be moving, jumping off of things, climbing onto things, running or doing your adorable march/stomp/sachay (sp?)

you have a variety of other words that just pop up from nowhere!
Santa
Makah (milk)
Bah-boe (bebo/pacifier)
bites
water, lyall, word world (all sound like ow-wow)
Bunny
Cah-ee (carly)
Daddy
Bahbah
Ey-yit (elliott)
Ow-Wom (william)
Gu-yin (julian)
mmmmmah (grandma)
goos (shoes)
boots
couch
Box
Tot-tot (favorite, aunt Meemy's dog)
pupup (puppy)
goose (juice)
Buggy (blankie)
eh-sode (episode)
NO! (a favorite!)
Dannah (Dayna), Ben, Ess (wes), Teeeenah, (Catrina),
Owsiiiide (outside)
Whyyyyyyyeeee? you ask why a LOT.
Cold, Hot, icky, Sick.
co! (this is chair and cuddle and car)
you also have some sweet phrases:
"Mama cuddle too please"
"Mama Night night too please?"
"Mama WAIT!"
"Daddy come home soon?"
"Mama go bye bye too?"
"Carly, sit! good girl! carly need bites!"
"dont want to"
"Daddy cook bites?"
"Maya's turn!"
"Sorry Mama hitting" (this one you have to say a lot!)
"Lay Bahbah's bed!" (or mamas bed, or big bed...anything but Mayas bed)
"Buggy please?"
"new bygee please?" (diaper change)
"I too mama" (I love you mama)
"Toty mahk" (chocolate milk)
"Tattee mahk" (fancy milk ((milk with a splash of creamer)) )


you can repeat just about anything we tralk to you about in the CUTEST voice. you have a gnarly lip tie, and you have a lisp. but its all you and all wonderful. I love you and am SO proud of you. You are learning more and more, and I hope to get more one on one time with you over the next few days :)

im SO proud of my almost 2 year old girl. I can hardly believe its been that long.

every bit of you is wonderful. its feisty and busy and spirited. and I love you. thank you for showing me that girls are awesome and cool and lovely and for being mamas special better half. you LOVE all things. Ninja turtles, cars, action figures and wrestling, pretty nails and pretty hair and dresses and pretty jewelry. youre wonderful.
Thank you for loving your baba and for loving your daddy and for loving your mama. and for having special places for each of us. we would be SO lost without you.
i love you more baby girl.

halloween memory.

Just remembering wonderful halloween memories. 

I love you!

desiderata.

remember this Sweet Girl.

Dipes.

walked in on this today. 

youre wonderful. 

Poop.

you dont like to be called out on your pooping. 

but this is what happens sometimes. 

im keeping this. because your future "love of your life" will want to know this exists. 

and it makes me SO happy. 

We Can Do Hard Things.

Remember this quote: 

"We can do hard things."

its up in your room right now, a sign I made for you as a reminder. 

this certificate is my induction into the National Honor Society for Junior Colleges. 

I am working hard, and my 3.86 GPA so far is proof. 

Never give less than your all. and no matter what, your true and honest ALL will ALWAYS be enough. 

love you!

Sickly

My sweet Narae, you are fighting an ickly virus. Apparently your body isnt handling it as well outwardly as your spirit is, because your eyes are swollen, you have spots all over and you have been sleeping poorly, but frequently. 

You are still the most beautiful girl in any room!

You are doing amazing, your spirit is such a fighter! Im so proud of you. Feel better soon sweets!

This makes me laugh, and an update

Phone surprises! You are so sneaky, getting our phones, tablets, laptops at every whim. You are so verbal now too! I get bossed around a lot, demands of cuddles and sleeping and bites. You're precious, even in your incessant asking if "why?!" And "mommy waiiiiiit!" And"mommy night night too!" And "mommy Maya hunkee bites!" You're precious and learning si much. Im so excited to keep raising my little spirited girl.

Did I post this already?

I love you. You're just wonderful. Even when you don't sleep, I may be sleepy and cranky but I love you deeply

Sibling love

:)

Awkward family photo

It's hard to get us all smiling, but it's so nice to see us all in the same picture that isn't a selfie. But oh how I love this family! Sweet blue backers :) im so excited for daddy and my sixtieth :)

Christmas.

We picked out the tree today! Mama has a hard time with holidays, and it stems from a less than wonderful past. but I decided that this year Im taking holidays back. Im giving them new meaning. Im jumping in, and changing my thoughts, making traditions. and making memories worth remembering. 

I love you. thank you for loving me and learning with me.