She's Just Growing Up!

Izzie is growing up way too fast. She's no longer a baby. She is a toddler. I get so sad knowing things are changing, but I am looking forward to the things we will be able to do together in the future as well. I guess in a way she will always be my "baby."

She can do so much now. I sometimes forget what I have said in previous posts, so excuse repeats. Here we go:

She adds words to her vocabulary all the time. Her favorite words of the moment are dog and daddy. I love how she says "Dah-dee." It's clearly two syllables for her. The other day at the grocery store, Todd would walk away from our cart to grab something just feet away. She would yell (in a cute way) "Dah-dee!" She would do it every single time, like "hey look at me daddy." She likes to say "uh oh," too.

I think I might have told you all about her fake cough. She figured this out a couple of months ago. She will cough and once she realizes that we give her attention by patting her back or asking "are you ok?" She continues to give this poor little, weak cough. She is a comedian. If she hears anyone sneeze or cough, we get the same reaction from her. She decides she is going to cough, too.

Izzie is running. Forget walking. Izzie is a girl on a mission. She has no time to waste. She also likes to run when she knows she is doing a "no no." For instance, touching the plug-in air fresheners. She knows this is a "no no." I will hear her walk towards it. I will turn around, look at her, say "no no." Before I can even start to walk towards her she decides to run in the opposite direction avoiding all eye contact with her mama. She is also stubborn. It takes at least two or three times of saying "no no" and chasing her before she gets the point.

She likes her bottle. I know we should be off the bottle. However, we just weaned not too long ago. I don't want to make life really difficult for all of us at this point. It will probably be another month or two. She only gets a bottle of whole milk at bedtime, nap time, and sometimes in the morning. On the plus side, Izzie has never had a pacifier... so we don't have to worry about that.

Izzie loves Yo Gabba Gabba. I don't let her watch too much tv. One day, I just turned it on Nick Jr. and this crazy shoe was on. She loves it. We let her watch this and Sesame Street.

Izzie dances. It's more of like a head nod with sometimes an arm thrown up in the air, mixed with an occasional stomp of the feet. Pretty funky stuff. She's got to learn some better moves ;).

She claps and high-fives.

Her favorite toy would have to be her play kitchen she got for her birthday. I would include the shopping cart in there, too. She loves to open and close the doors to the stove and microwave. She pretends to eat and drink as well. She is so smart.

Izzie loves cell phones. I would give her dad credit for this. She even knows when its "off" or "on." On is when the phone is lit up. She clearly know the difference and gets very upset if you hand her the phone when it is off. She holds it up to her ear as if to talk. Now, sometimes you can hear her say "ello."

She likes to play with clothes and dress herself. Ok, she really doesn't dress herself, but she will find something in the closet or room she can put over her head and wear. Most of the time (embarrassing I know) it's a bra or bathing suit top.

There are so many little things that she does everyday that I am astonished by. I have no clue how she learned so many things in such a short time. There is always something new I notice. I will tell Todd or Todd will tell me something she is doing new. We sometimes look at each other like we are crazy until we see it with our own eyes. I love this little girl. She is amazing. Thank you God for sharing her with all of us.