18 months

My sweet girl is 18 months. 
You are so feisty and wonderful.  You can climb to the highest pointin any room if given the chance.  You love milk.  I try to pet other things,  nope,  all milk.  You went through 7 quarts one week. You love to sing these days and you sing along to the radio and tv with your "words".
You love your kangaroos,  cars,  Elmo and Abby. You are very vocal,  and somewhat demanding in your strong willed way. 
You can say lots of things:
Uncle
Dada
Mama
Baba
Kaka is Carly
Kaga is kanga
Hi,  erro and buhbye are used a lot.
Purple and turtle
Outside
Puppa is puppy
Please
Ahdee has always been Thank you
Baby
Bite
Sky
Abby and elmo and cookie and you try so hard to say grover.
Mimmy is kimmi
Bababall is basketball and nana is banana and mok is milk (Julian used to say moxx so it is so cute) and so many more in the moment is amazing!
You can say come home "um hOne!" And hone is also phone. You love talking on the phone and you take mine every chance you get.
You love love to watch Daniel tiger "Tye!" And word world "ow wow". And sid the science kids.  You are very curious,  always pulling things from the pantry or climbing on something or figuring something out.  This morning you climbed from your crib to my bed to wake me up.  You talk about peepy and poopy and going potty, you are going to be easy to potty train I think.  You love water,  swimming "immy" and bath time "bata!" You always try to drink what isn't yours. You have a real knack for finding mischief and your just learning.  You take or things and run away,  you climb up onto the counters while I go to the restroom or do laundry.  You hide things all the time.  You pick on brother all the time,  hitting and kicking so we are working on that. You are surprising me every day and I love that you are mine.  Crazy little Roman candle and you mean everything to me moon. 
I'm so thankful for the first 18 months and eager to see you grow. 

Oh you

I woke up this am to you having climbed from your crib and onto my bed. If course we had to come watch Elmo.
Love you babe.

Almost time

Fear

If I take even just a minute to think about ever being without you,  I break down.  You are my world and I love you so deeply.  So so deeply.
I carry your heart, I carry it in my heart.  And I will not leave your heart ever, my loves.

sweet girl.

i shared this with my friends tonight about you. please never forget these word:

This little baby girl is so tender with her beebee. She got up, placed this doll on the pillow beside us and said "nigh nigh beebee. Nigh nigh beebee."

She is my Muse. 
She is fearless and determined and carefree and passionate about everything and a sweet soul. 
I hope to be all of these things along with her.

you inspire me.

just something i posted on fb about you. 

love you!

 Im 17 months pp my second child, my beautiful girl. Im grateful for her, because of her i started truly looking at my body in a different light. While i do currently push towards a more fit body, i no longer look at the scale, no longer have a goal weight, and no longer allow myself to put myself down. how disparaging it is to say negative things, which does nothing to hurt the body in which they are aimed at, only the mind inside. I truly do embrace the parts of my body that wont change no matter how fit i get, the new breasts that nourished both her and my older son and their younger sibling when we expand our family, and these stretch marks that cover the midsection, little marks to remind myself of the incredible bond we got to share, 40 weeks prior to anyone else. i LOVE this body. Im working on making it stronger, but no longer do i focus on how much it weighs only what it can do. because ive seen it do some downright AMAZING things, and I am excited to see more. I want my girl to look at me in awe and wonder and see someone strong and dedicated to myself as well as her and her brother and father. that starts in me and has nothing to do with my body so much as it does my heart, my words, and my effort.

my sassy girl.

17 months.
17 wonderful, challenging, learning, growing months.

its no secret you are the biggest firecracker ive ever met. the best little feisty roman candle. and im totally smitten with you. you are beautiful, kind, feisty, wily, smart, and so determined.
youre headstrong, strong willed, determined, and you know what you want. you know what you hate. and you know what makes you happy.

you laugh a LOT and the laugh is a goofy guffaw and i LOVE it. it explodes from your mouth like a little explosion and its so cute!

youre words these days are:
"I DID IT!" but more like "ididit!!!"
Outsiiiiide? and then OUTSIIIIIDE!
mama, dada, baba, meemee (kimmi), Kayka (kayla), Car-ree (carly)
Babbo (bebo, the binky)
uhhhh-UHHHHH (any time we want you to do something you dont wanna do, like get out of the tub or any place we are swimming. YOU LOVE WATER.)
Preebee (pretty, this is anything shiny or girly...nail polish, mamas ring, necklaces, etc. you love girly things, yet you play with cars and ninja turtles. i love it!)
Bites!
Pees (please)
Hi and BuhBye
Ah-djee (the same every time, we have learned this is Maya Narae for "thank you")
ba-ba-ball (basketball, THATS MY GIRL!)
ni-ni (you now put yourself to sleep. i miss your cuddles and hope they come back!)
Ka-ga (your kangaroo)
beebee (baby)
Mi-mi (milk milk)
mmmhmmm (in your good moods, youre usually up for anything lol)
ticki ticki ticki - this is your variation of "tickle tickle tickle and you do it when you tickle.
and so many other things in your baby language :) i LOVE learning to speak your language as you learn to speak mine. sometimes you just babble and babble and im excited to hear those thoughts as your language progresses!



you can also sign a few words:
dada
uncle
funny
please
sorry (you have to use that one a LOT because you are quite the hitter...for no reason)


you have perfected the baby eyeroll. ive NEVER seen a baby do it. and you do.

you know what eyes, mouth, nose and hair are and will point to them.

you have a very specific bedtme routine. you want flower pillow, zoo blanket, kanga, violet, milkmilk and one or more bebo's. its so sweet.

we still cloth diaper and you drink organic cows milk and goats milk.
you love to play outside all the time! i cant keep up!
you love swimming and water and all that comes with it.
you climb onto EVERYTHING that you can.
You run EVERYWHERE. you recently had your first big bonk where yuou fell hard on your nose and cut it. we had to take you to the doctor and it was scary. as we speak you are trying to climb on me at the table. so imma go cuddle and play with you :)

i love you Moon baby!