twenty months

it's happened again! she's gotten older (and just when i thought it wasn't possible... cuter!) she's 

20 months now and such a crack up. her favourite song is popcorn popping and every time she wants to sing it again we hear a little "poppp poppp" as she opens and closes her little hands like crazy, then does the actions as you sing. then "gen gen!!" (again!) when you finish. she also loves twinkle twinkle and waves her hands in the air while you sing. she still dances to any music you put on, and in the last week has developed a sudden love for hi-5... apparently. she loves to dance with them while the dvd plays in the background.

maddie has 12 full teeth now, with 4 more popping through between them. 16 in total... amazing! i sometimes wonder how on earth they even fit in her tiny mouth, and then i see another one coming out! she finally has enough hair to put into pigtails and i am taking full advantage of that at every possible opportunity. 

she's a smart little cookie and does what she is told... sometimes. she knows where things go, where to get them from, and what most things we tell her mean. everyhouse day when doug tells her to get in the car she runs into the garage and gets into the toy car she got for christmas, closes the door and won't get out. it's so funny. when you say, "time for bed" she whinges and hides her face if you're holding her, or tried to hide if you're not. she has quite a long list of words now, including, "mum, dad, nanna, up, more, jade, teesh, clark, neenee (nikki), here..." she tries so hard to held when you are getting dressed, putting her arms through the holes, holding on to things to step into her pants, putting her feet up for her shoes... she loves to run around the house with a few, never just one, hand bags in her hands. i don't think anyone has ever made me laugh so much in my life. we watched youtube clips with her last week and she laughed so hard at one stage that she had both hands over her mouth giggling and kept slapping her knee. 

having this little girl in my life, is pure bliss.