Tuesday, July 31, 2012

13 months & a week

Oh Maggie!
You're totally the reason I haven't written. Good grief! Could you please sit still? You've been walking forever, but now you run and climb and twirl and dance... You love to twirl and make yourself dizzy - you're so funny, we could laugh at you for hours. Anytime music's on, you start dancing immediately.

You can nod and shake your head for yes and no and you're really quite accurate. You scream for a "dink" and run to your high chair saying "eeeeet."  If you want something you yell "eeeee," meaning me. You love to cuddle, but it's all on your terms and you have no problem pushing Michael and Amanda's faces away when you're not in the mood. When you do want a kiss, you walk around the house making kissing noises and shoving your face into other people's.

The cats are your obsession, you follow them and call them with your kisses and your relationships with dogs are becoming more love than hate, you seem to be braver and braver every time.

This past week, you have not been at your best. You're getting your second molar and let's just be clear, you do not handle pain well. You whine and you're cranky and clingy and your sleep is all messed up, I'll just say that you're making mommy and daddy long for a vacation - without kids.

When you're not wreaking havoc, you're as smart as a button. You make animal noises, and say up and down as you squat down and pop up. This month you've really begun to enjoy coloring and looking at and listening to books. Your favorite books have pictures of animals and babies. You love babies, especially pictures on the computer and phone. And every time you get a phone it goes straight to your ear and you say "hhhhiiii." It's so adorable.

You can climb up on the couches and onto chairs too, which means you can get up on just about anything in the house.

You know how they say that parents should worry when their kids are silent? This wasn't too much of a problem before you came along. Jack and Grace can play or read silently for a long time, but when you're silent I will inevitably find an empty drawer, bookcase or cupboard, an empty roll of toilet paper, coloring on something or your mouth filled with something forbidden. There is never anything good going on when you're quiet. You've figured out where the dangerous things are and you know how to circumvent the child proofing that's been effective for two children ahead of you.

I'm convinced that your trouble making comes from your intelligence - you must be a genius. And it's a good thing that you're not ALL trouble. You're also an adorable little cuddle bug doling out hugs to ladies wherever you go, asking strangers to pick you up and hugging nearly every child you meet.

Happy 13 month birthday.
Love,
mmmmammmmmma! (that's how you scream it)

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