Minnie: 20 Months

Dear Minnie,
Another couple of months has gone by in the blink of an eye but Mommy has to say that she is SO thankful for Daddy who reminded me that you are "only" 20 months today because I had it in my mind that you were 21!!! :) Yikes!!!! You'll learn quick he does the math around here. :) Course I am praying and working with you REALLY hard so that you have a little math mind just like he, Doe-Doe and TiTi :) You can count to 5 and you especially love to say 1, 2, 3 GO! Especially if it means you are going to jump into the pool on "GO!" :)
We have been having SUCH a blast with you!! You LOVE spending time with your family and friends and wake UP saying "outside, outSIDE!" :) We have definitely entered the "parrot phase" where you are at least attempting to say anything that we ask you to and copying some things that we don't :) You know ALL of your family by name and you even know who goes with who. For example; if we say Nana, you say PaPa... if we say CJ... you rattle off the other three :) It's ADORABLE!

You are a VERY busy girl, always trying new things and checking to see if anyone is watching you. (Only child much? :) As most children your age, your favorite thing to say is "NO" but we are working on you being a more "agreeable" child and I'm getting you to copy saying "sure" and "OK" which come out "SHOOOOW-AH" and "Oh-TAY" :)

You are still not a great eater ~ and just this week you had a fever for a day due to some teeth I think you have coming in and that made it even worse. It is really difficult to get you to eat things once you have made up your mind but we do force a TASTE and for the most part you do keep it in your mouth. With these teeth coming in you have been scratching the sides of your face and telling me "Boo-Boo". When I ask you where it is, you point to your cheeks and say "Right THEY-AYH"

You are wearing size 5 diapers and starting to tell us when you have to go potty. I'm not rushing that but I am definitely ENCOURAGING you to pay attention to the feeling and we make a few trips a day to try and go. You know that if you do go on the potty that DADDY gives you a "treat" :) We give you one chocolate chip. Lucky girl! (BAH!)

Most of your summer clothes are 18 months - 2T. The 18 month shirts are getting pretty short but the shorts/capris fit just fine. I haven't had full length pants on you in about 6 weeks so I'm not sure what size you are in those with the legs you have that go on for miles! :) You are still in your size 7 sandals and sneakers.

You typically wake up anytime between 6:30 and 7, sometimes later if we have really been running around out and about at night, it is SUMMER after all. You have a nap from about 11:30-2 and you go to bed anywhere between 7 -7:30. Last night I think was the latest you have been up and it was 8:45!! YIKES! Bink and Bear are your BFF's and you want them as soon as you start to get sleepy. We do still do a little bottle before your nap and before bed but you really aren't drinking much out of them. I think it is just the down time for you before you sleep.

This week I went to Wal*Mart and bought you some new hair bows!!! :) You do pretty well at keeping them in and if you DO take them out you tattle on yourself, tell me "BOW" and hand it over. I am PSYCHED that we are able to get piggys in and I'm in LOVE with ponytails on either side of your head! :) You look SO cute!

By FAR your favorite thing this summer besides having Daddy home with you and Sky and Doe-Doe all to yourself a few times a week has been the water. You are OBSESSED with being in it, playing with it and doing anything you can to GET there. TiTi found one of Sky's old floatation suits down in her basement, it's a little big, but that combined with some arm floaties that TiTi got for you keeps your head above water and now you are ALL ABOUT the pool BY.YOUR.SELF. You LOVE to jump in, swim around, float on your back and then get back onto your belly. ALONE. :) You have started to dunk with Mom or Dad after we count 1, 2, 3, GO and you're a little dramatic about holding your breath. It's hysterical :) We are SOOOO proud of you.

Minnie, you are the MOST outgoing, sassy, silly, smart, beautiful, independent, and funny kid we could EVER be blessed to call our own ~ on borrow from God. We love you and LOVE when we say that to you to hear "yuv, you". We have never heard anything sweeter. We pray that you continue to be a strong girl who uses all her talents for the Lord.

xoxoxoxo Minnie,

Mommy and Daddy