Savannah Jane

You are my big girl toddler, whose chubby legs and belly slim down more and more every day. Why oh why didn’t I take more pictures of those thighs?

Your daddy and I are astounded about what you have learned in the last month. You can tell me what a cow says (“mmmmmmooooorrrr”) and what Ernie says (“s-s-s-ssssss”). You yell “da da!” everytime daddy comes in the door. I am currently called “va-va” and also sometimes “da-da”, but I really don’t mind – you’ll figure it out soon.

You know where mommy and daddy’s ears are, where your toes are and you can even take a few steps. I personally think that you can already walk, but you just don’t know it yet. It’s all in your head.

You have recently shown an interest in purses and shoes, so I am now certain that you got a few of my genes. Unfortunately, you bite me when I won’t let you open up my purse. We are working on that. I don’t want my baby to be ‘the biter’.

You are also trying to trick me, but it’s not working. I just want to let you know that when you fling something off of the couch or your highchair and casually say “Oh!”, like you had no idea that would happen, I am on to you.

You’re so curious. You have to figure out how everything works. Your future as an engineer is still looking good. I’m sure that you have several relatives that will be thrilled to hear this. They will also be happy to tell you that Purdue University has an EXCELLENT engineering department. I will pass along that Texas A&M does as well.

You know seven signs including: milk, all done, more, eat, water, change and rain. I laugh at the fact that it took a rainstorm in Texas for you to figure out the rain sign. It’s not like we didn’t have enough practice seeing the rain in Seattle.

I think you like Austin because we can go outside more often, but I know that you miss your buddies from Mom’s group. It’s so cute to watch you interact with other kids. When we went out for ice cream the other day, there were three kids in the three to four year old age group that were playing and you just HAD to run around with them (holding on to my hand of course). You were so happy. We are working on some new friends for you to play with.

For some reason you have become a crawling ninja. All those months wondering why you didn’t crawl and now you are lightning fast across our floors. You made it all the way from your room to the front door to see Uncle Damian.

You are a great eater with a varied pallette. I think blackberries or kiwi are your current favorite. Sometimes, though, you just want to eat tortillas. Your favorite book is ‘Knuffle Bunny’. I love that we can sit on the couch and read it over and over for a half hour. I actually like this book too, so it’s fun for me as well.

Kisses are plentiful. “Kisses for Mommy?” usually unleashes a kissing monster. Just today, you were giving kisses to the baby in Knuffle Bunny. Hoot sometimes gets kisses too. It’s so darling.

All in all, you are the bestest, smartest kiddo we could ask for. While I’m sometimes sad that you aren’t a tiny little thing anymore, I wake up each day knowing that you’ll do something that will make me laugh or shake my head in astonishment. I say this every few months, but THIS is the best age.