Letter to my angel: 31 months

I know this post is old but I still wanted to finish it! :)

I will use this one to write, and therefore help me remember, 10 things I love about you, my princess, at this stage of your life:

1.  A few weeks ago, you found my old broken laptop (I thought I had trashed it a million years ago, but…apparently not) that cannot even turn on.  You took it to your room. Set it up on your desk and started slamming the keys as hard as you could. “I am working SO HARD!” you told us.

2.  Ninety percent of photographs I take come out blurry. You is always on the go!

3.  A few days ago, you started crying about something and it sounded completely 100% fake. When we asked you if you were pretending to cry, you just started laughing.

4.  Your favorite mode of getting from Place A to Place B is jumping.

5.  Your second favorite mode of getting from Place A to Place B is spinning in circles.

6.  You try to reason with me and negotiate with me now. When I tell you that you need to finish your food before playing outside, you cocked your head and thought about it. “No,” you said finally. “I will, I will just play outside and YOU! will finish my food.” Nice try, child, but no. I managed to find time to eat sometime in the last hour when you were NOT eating.

7.  Speaking of not-eating, the other night at dinner she did not want to eat. We asked her if she was sure about that. “Yes,” she said. “I am, I am not super hungry.” Super hungry?! Since when do two-year-olds use real phrases like super hungry?! 

8.  In the morning, you wake me up with kisses.

9.  Sometimes when we give you kisses, YOU THANK US. Like we've done you a great honor. It’s the most adorable thing ever.

10.  Recently you found out that you can walk along the back of our couches as though they are balance beams. I do not allow this because, quite frankly, I feel pretty confident that other people do not want you walking along the back of THEIR couches. So as soon as you came into this new-found talent, I went to great lengths to squash it in its infancy. I must have failed, however, because this weekend I walked into the living room to find her balancing mid-way across the back of our couch. “OH NO!” you said, waving her hands around to mime distress. “YOU CAUGHT ME!” It was really, really tough to act upset after that.

And after re-reading all this I ask myself. How can I not love you as much as I do?

I will love you always and forever, never forget that my baby girl!