Little Miss Attitude!

Isla Bee-

I'm sitting here trying to organize my thoughts on everything you're doing right now. I just can't. I'd have to blog an hour a day to even start to keep up with you right now. And since I'm trying to keep up with you right now, I don't have time to do that!

Your little personality is growing and expanding. We watch you and see you learn and try to figure things out. You are independent, loving, nurturing, stubborn (Daddy's fault), smart, and so, so amazing. You love being outside and have recently decided if momma doesn't take you out whenever you go to the door, it might be because you don't have your sweater on so you go get your sweater, then try going to the door again.

You understand so much of what we say to you. I asked if you were ready for a bath last night and you took off down the hallway, walked into the bathroom, and tried to pull back the curtain. You know that that little lever in the bathtub has something to do with the water leaving before you're ready to end your bath. And you also know that it comes out of that big spigot thing. Last night when momma needed you to get out of the tub before you were ready, I started draining out the water. When you realized what was happening, you leaned over and looked up the spigot to try to figure out how to get more water in your bathtub.

One of your (and MY!) favorite games right now is Hug Game. Momma and Daddy both sit in the floor and run (well, as much as you right yet) to one of us with your arms stretched out for a big hug. Then you turn around and run to the other one, arms out. Momma can get 20 or 30 hugs a session this way! Sometimes it turns into Kiss Game too. You're usually more willing to share hugs with Momma and kisses with Daddy. I found little books for you called Momma Hugs and Daddy Kisses. So cute and appropriate!

When we were in Nashville two weeks ago, you quickly picked up that Uncle Tommy's grandkids call him Poppa and you started saying that so Grandma and I are trying to get you to start calling Grandpa Poppa or PopPop. You light up whenever you see your Grandpa. You're pretty crazy about your Grandma but you're so funny. We went to their house the other day and Grandma met us at the door. You smiled when you saw her, but you quickly started looking around for PopPop too. Once you decided he wasn't there, you started playing with Grandma. Until he came inside. You seem to understand him whenever he comes in from working outside and says he has to go get cleaned up before he can take you.

One thing we're really working on learning now is helping out. You're really good at helping put up your bath tub toys (although I expect this to end as soon as you realize that when those get put away, Momma takes you out of the tub) and picking up blocks and toys to put in your toy chest. Another focus is trying to get you to not throw your cup whenever you're done with it. You do not like it on your tray if you do not want another drink RIGHT NOW so you tend to toss it in the floor. Poor Speckles has gotten hit in the head a time or two. Daddy and I have gotten bad about letting you carry your cup around in the evening also and you throw it down too. I don't know how many times I've repeated "we give Momma the cup whenever we're done with it" in the past 2 weeks. You're starting to remember though.

You are a pretty focused little girl. I'm really surprised at how long you can concentrate on some things. This is good, but it also means you're hard to distract when you fixate on something. There's that stubbornness.

Oh, you blow your nose already! Grandma and I are both surprised by this--I even read something the other day that said most kids are a few years old before they figure out how to do this, but 9 times out of 10, if I put a tissue to your nose and tell you to blow, you can do it.

Goodness baby girl, I know I'm missing so many other things that you're up to these days. I want to tell you everything so you know how much I treasure every moment and every ounce of you. I love my Isla Bee.

Momma

Here are a few more pictures....

The one is a picture of what's in my garden. Last Friday Isla and I went outside to tell Mother Nature good night and found a rabbit in my garden. She was sitting there nursing her babies.