twenty-one months

what? again? another month? how is this happening? she's twenty-one months now? since when?! since today apparently... and the party never stops. she has a rather large and amusing vocabulary now, consisting of mum, dad, nanna, nana (banana), apoo (apple), book, ball, park, teeth, car, please, ta (thanks), teesh, tay, clarke, maddie, pop pop, up, down, more, meeee, up, down, boot, book, shoes, read, babyeee, piggy and more. she understands everything you say to her now and listens for instructions, before running off to do her own thing, but definitely knows whats what! 

piggy, the stuffed pig that maddie got for christmas from our friends has been a source of constant amusement in this house. from day one, he was hated and jealously thrown out of her toy car, pushed off her seat, thrown out of her cot, bossed around... (we caught her numerous times pushing him on to the floor and then waving her little finger at him while talking loudly at him...) told off, stomped on and kicked. but now they are firm friends and hang out, hug and do most everything together. the funny thing is though, that piggy was always referred to by nanny niques in a jokingly ominous tone, so now maddie still refers to with a growl in her voice.
"mum, dad, neenee, ball, dog, piggy, teeth..." it is hilarious! it's almost as if she growls it. hopefully one day i can get a video of her doing it, as it always has us in hysterics. piggy, piggy. piggy!!

she is obsessed with her gumboots and wants to wear them 24/7... you can see her bed hair in the picture here, she called me as she does every morning when she wants to get up, "mummm, mummmm, mum! mum! mummmmummmm." then the minute her feet hit the floor she was running to her boots on the table and had them on before i could even get my phone out to take a picture. she is furious when you want to take them off. i swear she would wear them to bed if i would let her.

book. obsessed. i can't even tell you how much this kid loves books. all day every day. she came into our room the other day early in the morning with a book in her hand, patted the side of the bed for doug to lift her up and then handed him the book with a "read the boo?" what a smart kid! sentences already? so proud. she's probably learning them from the million books she wants read to her on a daily basis.



sometimes it makes me really sad to go to work, especially when i am leaving a little bundle like this warm and snug in her bed. but it's not forever and i know i am coming back to her at the end of the day. and trust me, i count the minutes.

love her to pieces.