19 months going on 3

It is so hard to believe that this spunky full of life gal used to be a baby. Infact just today while driving I referred to Kate as a baby and Charlie stated, "Mommy, you have to stop calling her baby, her name is Kate, she is getting to be a big dirl (girl)."

She adds to her verbal collection everyday. Here are some new favorites:

Wa pu HOMEY (what up homey)

Peeee HOMEY (peace out homey)

Where you going

What you doing

Charlie Preschool

Want SNAAAAACK

You want

Night Night

Yeh Mommy Yeh

Sleepy

Happy

Ice Cream

Bouncy Ball

Basket ball

I Dont Know

Stop It

Sad

When playing in the pretend kitchen, she cocks her head to one side and says, "A doup, mommy?" meaning, can I make you soup mommy?

My personal fav: Ready To Rock

Rocket ship....moon (from a little fun thing we do)

Miss Mama, Miss charlie....

While driving to the bank last Tuesday after dropping off Charlie at preschool Kate said, "Where Charlie?" I said, "at preschool" Kate then said, Where daddy? I said, He is droppping Charlie off at preschool and then going to work, to which she replied, "No miss daddy" while also doing the miss sign. SO cute.....

As rough and tough as she is, she is afraid of bugs, ants, and grasshoppers. When she hears or sees these things she does the scared sign, and makes her face all squished up. It is pretty darn cute, and she follows all this up with TERRRY (scary)

This was during a hike last week, she had already signed and said scary, and then when I didn't pick her up to protect her from the scary grasshoppers, she tried her desperate face...

She loves to rub her face all over ours and insists on sleeping as close to her daddy as physically possible. Her favorite person in the world continues to be her brother and when he gets hurt or upset she races up to him, gets down to his level and mumbles something, she nods her head and uses this soft voice. I imagine she is saying something like, "Charlie, you ok...don't worry I am here.

A big change the past month is she has started following directions, she can walk along the sidewalk and although I don't trust her like I do Charlie, she is starting to understand and control some of her impulses. A very excited thing.

She asks to paint daily, and helps herself to the art cabinet, which has resulted in pen marks everywhere and chewed up and spit out pen tops....take a minute to observe her painting, it is actually very good, and I had nothing to do with it. And as I am sure you know, all true artists taste their mediums.....