18 months for Maisey

Maisey Virginia...I simply can't believe it's been a year and a half! But since it has, YEA for going to the nursery! She does great in there and surprisingly is not a bully. Her teacher loves to have her there. And one of the very best moments of my life is picking her up because she runs and squeals my name and goes absolutely CRAZY over me. It's an unmatchable feeling.

She is opinionated. And she shares that opinion freely and unsolicited. It's about the only thing she believes in sharing.

She is to the point now where she will repeat most things I say or ask her to say. If she feels like it. Other times she will stare at me blankly and refuse to perform. A few of her words off the top of my head...

Hello
goodbye
hot
hat
dog
STOOOOOOOOOOOOP! (only says this to Lila-mostly in the bath)Although now it has morphed into BOP!
sock
hand
it's stuck!
what's that?
moo
quack quack
uh-huh
Balloon
mama
dada
Lila
up
apple
rugg
bath
poop
yuck
trash

Favorite foods:
-clementines, she will eat one after another after another until I put the brakes on and she screams for more.
-yogurt
-PB or nutella sandwiches
-raisins
-anything sweet and delicious and completely void of nutrition

Favorite toys:
-we have a little wicker chair that is actually doll furniture that she carries around from room to room and has a seat periodically whenever she feels the need. Then she picks up her chair and wanders to the next room to check for exciting activities.
-Baby stroller. She can be found filling it with random items from each room and then dumping the contents sporadically throughout the house. Why can't she like throwing a ball?

Sometimes I hear her yelling and walk into the kitchen to see that she has climbed up in her highchair, buckled herself in, and is wanting me to hook her up wth some grub.

Has a newfound fascination with turning lights off and on. And off again. And on. And off. And on. And then I go crazy because I'm trying to cook dinner but she is just so excited standing in her chair saying, "I did it"!

The other day I was here using the computer and she brought me her cup. And then 30 seconds later she came in dragging a gallon of orange juice.

She has a very active pointer finger.

She has a weird thing with stuffing things in her orafaces. I put her in a pack n play in St George to take a nap (in the bathroom of our motel room). I went in an hour later to check on her only to find her standing and leaning on the side, cheek squished against her little hand which she was resting her head on, bored mouth hanging open, and tolet paper stuffed n her mouth and in her ers. Tiny tiny bts of shredded and wadded up toilet paper. Oh and the entire roll had also been shredded into teensy bits. It looked like it had snowed in her crib.

And last week I went to get her and noticed her ears were full of fluff. She has opened up the head of a stuffed animal and then proceeded to fill her bodily holes with the stuffing. And the other night when Braden was skyping with us he asked what was in her ears. Turns out it was full of peas. She has a problem.

She just learned how to kiss (with the sound and everything). Be still my little heart.

She is to the point now that when I am standing at her bed at night about to tuck her in she starts to sing to me instead of waiting to be sung to. I love when that starts to happen. The first song I heard her sing was Jingle Bells.

She goes nuts when she hears 'I Am A Child of God' or 'Scripture Power'.

She loves to get out of the bath and RUN and be chased and tickled by me.

Sometimes when she doesn't get what she wants and won't snap out of her grumpiness I put her in the bath and the water makes her happy. It is my go-to method for making her OK.

She loves to try on shoes, play in the dishwasher, and wreck the entire bathroom in 2 seconds flat.

She has a serious obsession with toothbrushes. Always has. As a baby I carried them around in my purse to keep her happy. The girls go through them like crazy because she gets them all out and carries them around. She Will usually bring me a toothbrush and toothpaste 3 or 4 times a day ( and does a good job actually brushing).

If she hears the sound of a call coming through on Skype, she drops everything and runs her pigeon-toed self to the computer in a flash yelling DADA all the way.


I really do feel like she is sort of my best friend right now. She is affectionate. She never argues with me. We spend all day (and some nights) together. Yep, we're besties. And I'm eating up every single moment of it. I can admit that I'm completely obsessed with her right now. She is my rock steady source of pure joy.