Hello Babydoll!! You're going on 22 months old, which means you're almost 2!!
I think you think you're 2. You're very strong minded and stubborn, but also very advanced in terms of your communication, and relationships with people.
You are talking really well.. the other day I counted something like an 11 word sentence and of course I got busy and didn't write it down but I remember you were telling me to go and get kyla, bring her in the house, and to pick up her poopoo all in one sentence!! You remember new words so well, I often forget that I've told you the name of something in a book or out and about and you'll say it weeks or days later. You're so smart!
Your favorite toys right now are your cars and trucks, and little animals and people figurines that you can play with in your Little People farm house or new Sesame Street house. You're using "imaginative play" a lot now (just started!). I think the first thing you really did was take your Yoda toy and trying to feed him paper and ink cartridges (gum). So cute!! We've been asking you (when you crawl) if you're a doggy, and you look at us like we're crazy so I don't think you're there in terms of imagination yet. You do love to take your little animals and people and play like they're walking around, kissing, etc.
Speaking of kissing, you're such a kisser! You kiss your toys all the time, characters in books, and even the bears on your wall by your changing table. You'll spontaneously ask us for kisses, or you'll lean over and kiss my arm, or grab my hand and kiss it.. it's so sweet, and now you'll give hugs (you think a hug is when you lay your head on someone).
You still love being outside, water, and the dogs. You're a little obsessed with us picking up their 'poopoo'. We do let you around Sebastian a bit more than we were, he's just so big and you're so little, we worry he'll knock you down. You do love him so.. and Kyla, but she's been healing from her surgery so maybe now we can start letting you around her more. She's a little grumpy sometimes though, so we'll see.
You eat better and better, but you're still super picky. As usual we can always count on mac'ncheese, but you'll eat eggs and sausage, guac, pasta, ice cream, cottage cheese. You like steak and chicken if they're really small and tender bites, you did eat some tapioca pudding one day. It's probably our biggest challenge (getting you fed). We still give you sippy cups with half milk and half pediasure in it to supplement for the vitamins you're probably not getting. You did actually eat a bunch of really tender broccoli (in cheese sauce) one night a couple weeks ago, so that was promising, and some honeydew.
You had your first time out a couple of weeks ago, for repeatedly climbing on the chair and then on the kitchen table. We don't say no THAT much, usually only for things like that (dangerous things).
You have had a few new fears pop up, but some of it I think you like how we give you attention if you say you're scared of something. You've always been scared of balls that have strings or spiky things (like Koosh balls), and now you're scared of spiders, you were scared of Yoda (enough so that you asked me to get him for you because you 'dont like it!'), loud noises (obviously), bugs in general, the dinosaurs in a book of yours, you're scared of bats (you can thank Mommy for that one!), and some of the Halloween stuff that is out now (skeletons and witches and ghosts, but you call them monsters).
You're wearing 24 month and 2T clothes, but the 2T pants are way too long for you. We get 3T jammies for you because they're nice and big and comfy for you. You wear a size 5 diaper (Pampers BabyDry) during the day and a size 6 (Huggies Overnight) at night. We thought you were interested in potty training, but it became a game.. you'd ask to sit on the potty, and sit there for a few seconds and then just say "no.". We'll keep trying here in a few months.
We still go to MyGym (you're in the 22 month-30month class now), which you love. I recently joined a meetup.com group and we went to one meetup only to find out that one of the kids from MyGym is in the meetup group! The park we went to is really cool and it's right by the Littleton Historical Museum and Bemis Library, both places I love.
As much as I write, I'm realizing there's no way to capture you this way. Hopefully though, it will give me some fond memories, and you some laughs when you're old enough to read these entries I make. I'm terrified of forgetting the little things (like you trying to feed Yoda some paper!).
I have so much fun with you, you crack me up constantly (which is one of your favorite things to do!). I can't believe I lived so much of my life without you in it. I'll make yours the best that I can.
Love you my darlin'
Love, Mommy
