23 months

This month has flown by. It seems that we have been busy but not doing many big events so there are not many exciting pictures. Oh well. Here are a few things you are doing.

You love Hooligan and all dogs. You are much more into animals than Katherine ever was. The other night Daddy was rubbing Hooligan's belly and you were jealous. You laid down beside Hooligan to have your belly rubbed too.
You are certainly a climber! You are fearless when it comes to playgrounds. You love to climb over the furniture. Lately you have tried to climb into your crib and today you tried to climb out. I think we will be moving you into a toddler bed soon.
You love the water and have had a lot of fun this summer at the pool and spray ground. You are pretty fearless if you are wearing your floaties. You will jump off the side and have even gone down a waterslide by yourself and off the diving board!

You are beginning to have an opinion on what you wear and have put together some fun outfits.

You are being disciplined a lot lately. Some of the more common offenses are throwing food from the table, playing with Hooligan's water and food and hitting mommy when you are frustrated. You do not like discipline but you know that there are consequences. I have even heard you put your baby in time out for hitting.
You have recently enjoyed singing. Daddy and I had just talked about how for some reason you would not let us sing to you. Finally you are and I will even hear you trying to sing songs while in the car. Your favorites are "Jesus Loves Me", "ABC's", "Twinkle Twinkle", and "Itsy Bitsy Spider".

You are talking up a storm. There have been some days that it seems you are adding a new word to your vocabulary every hour. You are also stringing words together to form sentences. It is wonderful that you are able to communicate and be understood more.
At night we always read books and then pray. You cannot get enough books. I think you would read forever. You don't like it when it is time to read the Bible though because you know that we turn out the light next. We ask you who you want to pray for and it is always fun to see who comes to mind. You are starting to really remember names and which people are together in families. If I tell Katherine that her friend Grace is coming over, you immediately mention Violet. Same with Emma and Julia.
You are getting better at doing crafts. You don't eat play-doh as much and the markers mark on paper more than legs. It has been fun to incorporate more crafts into our summer.

You and your sister are fighting more which is not fun. I think you have learned that you have a choice as to if you follow her lead or not. She has also learned how to push some of your hot buttons and she often provokes you on purpose.