Toddler!!!!!

Wow oh wow do things change in a not so subtle way once the sweet little cuddly baby becomes a TODDLER! We are in the full throws of what it means to manage the "terrible two's". Long ago are the days when the little baby awoke, took in her surroundings with a sort of doe eyed stare and followed you with her contented gaze as you got all the things that you needed to get done, done. Enter new stage where you are frantically keeping things safe, interesting, and manageable for your little less than a yard tall child who now looks at the world with fierce determination meaning, "Yes! I can DO THAT, TOO!!! Gimme gimme gimme!!!

Now with our toddler I can say that every day there is a new element to the baby proofing as she teaches us that yet again! she has found a way that could potentially harm if not kill herself. It means physically stripping YOURSELF down naked everytime she needs to take a bath because Lo an Behold the tub just happens to be SCARIEST place on earth. I'm talking fear and crying and no way in HELL will she sit down and her legs become stiff as boards (woah she's strong) so the only way to remotely prevent her from cracking her pretty little head on the porcelain is to hop in the tub with her and enjoy the tepid 3 inch water (Ah Calgon, take me away!!!!!!!!).

Taking things OUT and putting them back IN in her OWN arrangement is a large part of her day. And with this I'm talking kitchen cabinets, her toys, ah and AS WE SPEAK she is tearing all of the wipes out of her wipes container. THANKS ELLIE! (In addition to removing the wipes as I speak she is also methodically wiping her already diapered crotch WITH them. Ah, so smart!)

Little miss thang is very important and she lets you know it. She's all "galabodookeega" and smiles and laughs at her very amazing language skills. Oh and her amazing climbing abilities. She climbs on every possible outreach of crack that is possible to the house, including, but not limited to: the couch, the windowsills, her toys, her booster chair, the fridge (middle shelf working on the top!)
And for the love of God if you are not WATCHING her mad skills she will walk straight over to you and straddle your lap facing you with that incredibly cute face and say something like "ahbadadadmamamama" (in the highest pitch possible).

Also, she loves to help with blog posts. Especially when I'm knee deep in a very important thought she will soon run over with her spry little fingers and start convulsively chicken pecking all over my keyboard. (I blame all typos and grammatical errors on her)

She's such a helper.

We, and I know I'm in solidarity with all moms with toddlers, are ON THE GO. ALL THE TIME.
I can't tell you the last time I enjoyed a full cup of hot coffee IN THE MORNING.

I miss you coffee. And I miss you time-to-myself. But for as much work as little miss thang makes for me, she has me cracking up all day long. So we're willing to take the minor glitch of detour that is toddlerhood and take it for what it is. A seriously entertaining, and important time.

Here she comes!!!!
(This is actually a couple of months old, but I'm not good at this video stuff. She's actually walks a bit less "drunken-sailor"y now. YES that's a word!)