Mamma wore a dress

n: Mamma, are you a princess?

Babysitter

I'm helping Ewan with inducing guilt on Mamma and Daddy. Because I knew the babysitter was coming, I concocted some crazy symptoms that made Mamma have to come pick me up from daycare early and rush to the doctors (I'm fine, thanks for asking). I did the obligatory cry when they left the house, and made sure they saw me crying from the window. They don't need to know that as soon as they were out of the driveway I was fine with the nice-lady-sara. Or that I hoped she slept over in the playroom so I could keep playing with her.

Babysitter

They really did it. Mamma and Daddy left me with a babysitter. Sure, I knew her. Sure nothing bad happened. But it could have! So I'm working the guilt angle for as much as I can get.

I love technology

Now I can take my favorite movie with me everywhere I go. And I can rewind it all by myself to watch my favorite part over and over and over and over again. What does it matter if my favorite part includes voodoo and drums and scares the life out of me?

I POOPOOED IN THE POTTY!!!

It's no big deal. Just a little at daycare.

Milestones

Sitting: check.

Crawling: check.

Pulling up on furniture: check.

Cruising: check.

Walking with help: check.

Changing channels on the TV with my mind: in progress.

Happy Birthdays

Ewan can't talk yet. I'll speak for him. Happy birthday to our favorite oldest grandmother. And a belated happy birthday to our favorite greatgrandfather.

Doppelgänger

Minus 34 years, add runny nose, equals yup, we're related.

Things I love about the house of Pat & Beth & Lauren & Trevor

1) Running around and giggling and not having to nap.
2) Group wrestling.
3) Being introduced to the movie "Cars". I love Pixar.
4) Quiet times after realizing that wrestling on beds can lead to ouchies.
5) Blue tongues, pink rooms, pasta dinner parties. Can we go back soon?

Visiting with friends

You can pick you friends...
... and you can pick your friends' noses!

Lego

Can't talk. Busy with Lego. Must concentrate.
Thank you Mormor for holding onto the Lego for a thousand years!
Now if only Mamma and Daddy would get me a safer storage container.

10 months!

To celebrate my mirthday, I decided to start crawling. Yesterday: no crawling, no getting up on my knees, no rocking, maybe a couple days of rolling or kneeling on one knee. Today: I'm moving all across the room. That's me. All or nothing. I figured it was about time as I already enjoy standing, walking along the table and walking with help. To celebrate my mirthday, Mamma and Daddy ran out to the store to quickly safety-proof the house. They also let me stay up a bit later than my normal 7pm bedtime. I hope they don't mind if I sleep in tomorrow instead of waking up at 4am for early breakfast. I might even sleep in past my 6am second wake-up.

I'm super strong. I practice my rowing exercises by pulling tables and chairs to me. It's not a matter of IF I'll pull furniture down on me, it's more a matter of WHEN (depending on how well Mamma and Daddy safety-proof).

I like to look at books and talk along with the black scribble on the page. I can say 'mama' and 'dada', but not at Mamma and Daddy. Nina has me a little confused as she likes to joke around with their names calling Mamma 'daddy' and Daddy 'mamma.' She even calls them 'anna' and 'noah' sometimes. It's all very confusing. My most effective form of communication is crying at dinner to say I want more cottage cheese.

Speaking of food. I would eat a big container of cottage cheese for breakfast, lunch and dinner if I had my choice. And then I would have seconds. My favorite!

I love to laugh and clap and give hugs and kisses. And to pull hair (although I'm really just pulling people in for more hugs). I just started to wave bye-bye (since I prefer to hug people hello/goodbye).

I just sprouted my eighth tooth for my mirthday. I don't understand why Mamma looks at my teeth with fear. I still use my Soothie for going to sleep at nap and bedtime. But I don't want it when I go back to sleep at 4:30am. My favorite toys are Nina's purple sandal, anything within reach, and anything I shouldn't be playing with.

Happy Meal toys

n: What's that?
D: That's a caterpillar.
n: What's that?
D: That's Ronald McDonald.
n: Old MacDonald had a farm.
And on that farm he had a helicopter.
E-I-E-I-O.
With a clook clook here.
Old MacDonald had a farm.
And on that farm he had a heli-gator.

Bath tub behavior management?

D: If you put your bum in the tub, you'll get a sticker.
n: I don't want to put a sticker in my bum.

Snow

Mamma and Daddy told me that by moving away from Wisconsin we wouldn't be getting big snows. That didn't make me happy. So I made sure I brought the snow to Ohio with me.

Th

Pointing to my neck...
n: This is my froat.

Singing "The wheels on the bus"...
n: ... all frough the town.

Drinking

For a long time I've known HOW to drink by myself. It's just that the drinks have tasted sooo much better when someone else held the glass for me.

Working on a puzzle

n: Ugh. Where does this piece go? Are you kidding me?

I love you!

I'm coming to get you! I'm going to give you great big hugs and oohey-gooey kisses!

I love NeeNee

NeeNee left this morning. I'm sad. So is Ewan. We're so sad we cried ourselves to sleep.

I love myself

I'm trying to wean myself from my addiction to my iPod (did you know it could play movies?!). With my PSeye I can watch my favorite person on a bigger screen. She's much more entertaining.

Bottles

My sister is teaching me all about drinking.

Mismeasurement?

Is my head currently as big as Nina's was when she was 18 months old?

Doctor visit

Wait a minute. It was Ewan's doctor's appointment. Not mine. I was just tagging along on my way to daycare. So why did I end up getting shots?!

Snow day?

6" of snow... and they call a snow day? I think I'll like living here in 4 years once I start school!

Snow day

Yesterday...

M: Do you want to stay at home with NeeNee?

n: No. I want to stay at home with Mamma and Daddy and Ewan and NeeNee.

Today...

I got what I wanted! A snow day!!!

Potty-training?

M: Can you put your wee-wee in the toilet?

n: And then we throw it up in the air and then we eat it!

Comment on shoes

I love Nina's shoes. But only those purple ones. And only because they're Vans. I'm just saying.

Shoes

I have an old soul.

34!

Daddy and are the same age. Kinda. Months, years, whatever. But I got exactly what I wanted for my mirthday. Oh, and NeeNee's here to celebrate too. We had cake. And pizza. I love cake.

Breakfast

What did you eat? I ate a whole banana and a blueberry waffle. Where did I put it? I don't know!

Gourmand

Mmmm... baslamic chicken, garlic mushrooms, couscous, broccoli, and cottage cheese. I've left baby food and I don't intend on looking back!

Daily concern

Because visitors come and go...

n: Mamma, are you coming back?
M: I always come back.
n: Daddy, are you always coming back?
D: I always come back.
n: I always come back too.

Carbs

MORE PLEASE!

My throne

I sit and sit and sit. And sit and sit and sit. And sit and sit and sit. But nothing comes out.

Punishment?

I can't think of a rational reason for why Mamma put a clip in my hair. Payback for throwing up on her twice this week?

Did you say this when you were 2?

n: Mamma, the iPod is dead. You need to charge it.