21 months

Right now...

• You will not keep your clothes on! You wear pajamas to bed, but as soon as you get up, you take them off. As you walk through the house stripping, you say, "hot, hot". It drives your dad crazy.

• You are wearing panties all day- even during nap! You go through about 15 pair a day. Not because you have accidents, but because you changed your mind about which character you want to wear. You are so independent that you will go in your room, open your drawer, pull out a new pair, and change before I even realize what you are doing. (You have also decided that you don't need me to help you go potty. Whenever you go in the bathroom, you put your hand up to stop me from coming in, and you close the door. You are doing great with this concept. I, however, am not ready for you not to need me.)

• You call Santa Claus "San Tee."

• Your favorite bedtime snack is ice cream. Any time someone walks towards the refrigerator, you run into the kitchen yelling, "ahs-keem!"

• You still love to jump on the mini-trampoline. We are keeping it in the corner in the kitchen and you jump on it at least 20 times a day.

• You would watch Barney all day if I would let you, but I don't.

• You can't wait for your dad to get home each day. It's like you know when it is 4:30 and every time you hear a car door, you run to the front door looking for him and yelling his name. You love him so much and he is equally enamored with you.

• You wake up every morning at 7:30, nap from 1:30-3:30, and go to bed at 8:30. 

• Your hair is getting longer and thicker everyday, although you still won't keep anything in it. 

• You know your colors, a few letters, and can count to two. You are an expert at puzzles and love to draw with markers. You really want to cut, but don't quite have the strength to get the scissors to do what you want.

• I love your smile and your giggle and I feel so blessed to be your mom.