15 Months Old

Dear Sydney, Today, you are 15 months old. Where do I begin. You are very independent. You have to feed yourself, with a fork. Food gets in your hair on a mealtime basis now, which means more baths, which means a win win for you, as it is still.. your favorite passtime. I will let you stay in your bath until it is freezing cold, and you still scurry to the far end of the tub where I grab your leg and haul you over kicking, crying and screaming to get out. You LOVE watermelon, alot. You walk around with a piece in each hand, slurp slurping away, leaving pink fingerprints on everything 2 feet high. You refuse to sit in your highchair for longer than 2 minutes, which makes mealtimes a pleasure. You only say one word clearly, Dada, and you refuse to give kisses now, but will blow kisses on command. You can clap your hands, wave bye bye, say hello sometimes, and love strangers (great!), as long as they don't touch you.

You love being outside. You looove walking onto the road. Without holding anyones hand. You take gravel from the front and drop them in a neat pile on the lawn. Back and forth, back and forth. And you love the breeze in your face, and the grass, rocks, and dirt in your mouth. You are daring and brave, and know how to get what you want. I have knicknamed you whiney winnie. It suits you. You don't talk yet, as you need to perfect the art of whine. But, you redeem yourself, by still loving your bed, and will close your eyes the second I lay you down. When you have trouble sleeping, you will talk to yourself and play in your bed for an hour sometimes, before I know you are still awake. I.ronic.

You love cuddling for a few seconds at a time, then it's off to see what you can get into. You are cute, and you know it. You love trouble, and the dog is your biggest fan. She loves trouble too. Your hair is becoming longer and curlier everyday. People ask me where you get it from, and I honestly don't know. Your sister had the same cute curly 'do' at your age, see? It's the straight in the front, curly in the back mullet! That's our mullet style!

Speaking of your sister,

she's great too. She is reading, and writing, and being so smart and grown up. Riding around the neighborhood with her 'gang', and doing little (slow) jumps on the (tiny) "ramp" in the street. Way to funny. She's really looking forward to Nana coming to take of you and Sydney, when Mommy and Daddy run off to Vegas to get hitched.. Yes, finally. It's going to be so much fun and I will miss you guys alot (not at all really, ok maybe a little).

Most of all Syd, you are a happy girl. You smile all the time, and already take moments to enjoy this new world around you. You are loved by some pretty special people, and it shows.

Love,

Blank, as you STILL, won't call me Mama.

As you can tell, this is my monthly letter and update rolled into one. Because I am still entirely too lazy. And busy. And lazy.