The Toddler

So it has occurred to me lately that M is no longer a baby- she's a toddler. When did she get like that?! She walks, she talks (well sortof), she eats toddler food, she takes up a TON of room in her crib, and she definitely has a personality. Look at how long her hair is getting! She's crazy in love with her blankets now too- if she's mad and I show her her zebra blanket she just starts laughing and hugs it. It's pretty cute. We have three- two here and one at Pepper's, so hopefully it won't be a problem misplacing it!
My friend Val watched her the other day because Pepper had to be somewhere and I get there and M starts going nuts trying to climb the stairs. Val said- "Wow she didn't do that all day! We just told her no and she stayed away!" GREAT! I can see that she totally doesn't listen to us when we tell her not to do something. I guess I should be glad she listens to other people. Our latest battle is with shoes and socks- she hates them. I am trying to find some good shoes that tie because the minute I put her velcro shoes on she is screaming until she can get them off. So annoying. It's not like I can just let her be barefoot all the time now that it's cold. She doesn't get it. Today she kept taking them off in her stroller on a walk so I had to put the blanket bag around her so she couldn't get to them! She was terribly angry about it. I can't wait until she can tell me all about it. She loves to play with her play phone too. She holds it up to her ear and then she'll give it to me. She's so amazing. I can't believe her birthday is in a month. It's scary! I definitely don't want to go back- she's way too much fun right now...but I really miss that tiny baby too.
Oh- she eats again!!! This week she has been SUPER hungry. I was making dinner tonight and trying to make her wait so she could eat it but she just kept screaming, so I ended up having to feed her before it was done. She must be growing...