Lexie::23 months

Well Lexie, here we are the last month we can say you are 23 months old and people won't look at me funny. Your are our precious little girl more and more every day - and by that I mean you are leaving all baby aside and becoming a little girl.

Just last week you gave up the last piece of babyhood - your crib. We went on vacation, put you in your pac-n-play and you hopped right out. Luckily there was a "big girl bed" there for you to sleep in and you happily took to it. Once we got home, we converted your crib to a big girl bed and you have not looked back since. It just amazes me to see you happily embrace the next phase of your life. You are so adventurous and not afraid of anything.

I mentioned vacation above and we are just back from a trip to the beach with Papa and his dog Sadie. You had an absolute blast. You loved building sand castles with Daddy, swimming in the surf and tide pools with all of us, flying a kite with Papa and walking Sadie. Since we were on vacation, we completely blew your nap and sleeping schedule, but you were a trooper and had fun with us everyday. Also, I was not aware that you could consume sooooo many chicken nuggets in a one week period, but you sure did. It took all of 5 minutes for you to warm up to the beach and after that, you took to it like a fish...to water.

Another big milestone, you have learned how to jump. You will jump on the floor or jump off of everything - again you have no fear.

Finally, in the last week your conversation skills have really progressed and I know I say this every month. But what i thank has been happening was your vocabulary was expanding, now we have complete conversations. And it is not just you responding to us, you will come up and start talking to us about whatever is on your mind. We were in the car the other day and you told me and Daddy "I need a day off." Now this was funny for several reasons...first, we are just back from vacation, so I don't really understand why. Second, what do you need a day off from, playing, watching Calliou, Elmo, please let us know what is taxing to we can help to alleviate your stress.

Well Lex, as always thanks for the ride. You bring me so much joy being your mommy and I can't believe you are almost 2...now onto the party planning.

Love,
Mommy