My little Shenzie Buggle,

This past week you have exploded with new things and before I forget how funny you were at this age I wanted to write it down. Some of the funniest new things are you use of words like owwww and ewwwww. You will pinch my arm and then say owwww. Or purposely run into something and then say owwwww. Ewwww is a new one your Daddy taught you. Brother’s dog is ewwwww. You will sniff his dog and then wrinkle your little nose and say ewwww. Cutest thing I ever saw!

Every night while I sing you your nighttime songs you start making the eat sign. You have quickly learned that if you ask for something you can prolong bedtime. It is great to see you learn things so quickly…too bad this isn’t something I want you to know.

You are addicted to bathing. Every morning when we get you dressed you go running to the bathroom and whine bath, bath. If you had your way you would bathe 3x a day! You also love to run around naked. After bath time we now have naked time. Only one slight problem with naked time….pee on the floor. Oops.

Most days we have a battle of wills. You want something, I say no, you do something else to get a reaction. Today at the park you wanted to run into the parking lot. I say no you pick up a handful of rocks, look right at me, and eat them. Speaking of parks and eating….you have now eaten a chewed up piece of gum you found at the park (EWWWW) and even EWWWWIER is the nasty cigarette butt you put in your mouth today. Gross!

Most mornings we go to the park by our house. I get my exercise by running with the wagon and you love the park so it’s a win win situation. The last couple of days have been REALLY windy so we weren’t able to make it to the park. The last couple of days you have had complete meltdowns wanting Baboo. Today you cried for 30 minutes Babbbbooooooo while holding out your hands.

Me: Baboo…brother? Do you want brother? He is sleeping.
You: Baboooooooooo
Me: Bubbles? Let’s go outside and get the bubbles.
You: Babbbbbooooooooo
Me: Bear? He’s right here
You: BabbbbooooOOOO
Me: Bath? Do you want to take a bath? Book? Do you want to me to read to you?
You: BaBoOOOOOOOO
Me: Drinky? Daddy? Snackie?
You: BABBBBBOOOOOOOOO

Finally after 30 minutes of this you calmed down and life went on. Imagine my surprise when we make a spontaneous trip to the park and you start yelling excitedly BABBBBOOOOOO. I don’t know how park in any way, shape, or form sounds like baboo or why you think that means park, but it does and it is. Baboo is park and I am SO glad I figured that one out because let me tell you….one baby having tantrums is more than enough.

I love you crazy little girl,
Love,
Mama