18 months of Heaven

Dagny: 

Dear. Funny. Challenging. Sassy. Pretty. Silly. Stubborn. A knucklehead. An imitator. A listener. Studier. Concentrator. Quiet. Loud. Singer. Talker. Reader. Snuggler. Darling.

Mark says she's perfect. Beautiful. Funny. Smart. Stubborn. Shy. and like her  mama.

All I can say is she's my greatest joy and a year and a half is a really, really fun age. She keeps changing so fast. I can barely keep track of everything she does before she's off doing other silly things. 

She loves saying "No." "No, No Remi" "No, No Mama" "Yes?" "No!" Its really cute and a terrible thing to encourage. 

I love it most when she looks at me, tilts her head to the side and shakes it while smiling. 

She loves being told she's pretty and will go look in the mirror right after while smiling at herself. She says "mmmm" and "eeew." She loves to smell things, get a tissue and "blow" her nose or clean her face. She says "all clean, all done" She also loves to clean every surface with every wipe or rag.

 

 

 

 

 

Dagny loves to run and play with her cousins. She does not love being cold. She says "Brrr Brrr Brrr" as she gets wrapped up and then buries her head in my shoulder. She reads to herself in a sort of gibberish. Will sit and play with cups for an hour. She sings and dancing to music is her absolute favorite. 

 

 

 

She's mastered just about every animal sound. My favorite being a rooster "ooodooohoooo" and a frog which sounds like a grunt. She especially loves when her clothes have animals that she knows on them. She's a sleepy head and morning cuddler. She likes to pretend she's grandmama with her glasses and phone. 

 

I love it when she says "mama" or "old me" or "elp you" when she really wants me to help her. Or when she says "do da do do da" as she sways and walks. When she gets a cut and cries "boo boo" until you kiss it, which immediately turns in a smile. 

She has the greatest laugh but really loves to laugh at herself. 

As independent as she seems to get, she is as loving and dependent, in a good way, as ever. I get hugs with both arms wrapped around my neck and mouth kisses in the wee hours of the morning. Mama is her favorite. We sing a lot, but right now she just wants me to sing "moo" which is I see the Moon. She obviously thinks I'm mooing in the song. If I start a different song she says "no, moo" and as soon as I start it she starts smiling and rocking her head. She likes to sing "La La Lu" as well.  She is a really good listener and talker. She imitates just about every word I ask her to say and counts to three and back to two and three. She loves our little quiet life together. She is the best and everyone loves her. Like I said, eighteen months of heaven with Dagny.