20 Months

Addie,
It amazes me that as I write this you are 20 months old. That means that there are only 4 more "monthly" birthdays, and then you will be 2, and then we just celebrate the yearly ones. You are becoming such a kid, each day you are less and less a baby, which is fun, but a little bit sad at the same time. Your personality is in full bloom lately. You LOVE the word "no", and you don't just say it nicely, you say it with attitude and force, really it's kind of annoying, but we're working on you saying "thank you" after the word "no" to make it seem more polite:) We are preparing you to become a big sister. You love touching my belly, saying "baby" and then giving it a kiss. You also love your dolls at daycare and at grandmas, hopefully you are going to be a natural nurturer.

Lately your hair is out of control! Usually you look like Justin Bieber, with it all growing forward and ending up in your eyes. I refuse to cut it, so we have been trying out various hairstyles so we can see your cute face:)

You are such a busy body, always doing something to keep yourself busy, and to keep us on our toes. You love to color, play with puzzles, climb on the kitchen table, scale the cupboards, play in the dogfood...all the fun stuff:) Your favorite color is blue, and if you are asked, everything is "bu", we are working on expanding your color knowledge:) You know the sounds almost all animals in your books make, the funniest one is the monkey, you put a lot of energy into your monkey sounds! We are so proud of you each and everyday, and so excited to watch you grow and become more "kidlike".
Love,
Mommy