I Wanna Be Just Like You - 18 Months Old

Hey Toodlebug-

I decided to write you a note since you are now 18 months old. Can you believe it - you've been around for a year and a half!!!!! We love you so much, and you currently are in the stage of copying everything we do and say (we have to be careful - today Chip said bonehead and crap - which were repeated by our little echobox!!).

You watch and try to copy everything!!! (See the Swiffer and purse pictures above). You are trying to master golf, so you can accompany daddy on the course next summer. You love your milk - even though you still drink it from a bottle - I know- bad, bad parents. Why do you love water from your sippee cups, but only want milk from the bottle - and not the gallon jug shown above. We'll try to adjust that in the next few months. You love music, and your baby dolls, and especially Malibu. Whenever I let Malibu outside, you make sure to bring me the towel to wipe her paws (since we have had snow for awhile), afterwhich you go to the cabinet and get Bu her treat. You also love feeding her - and this includes food which is meant for YOU to eat!!!!!!

You are into purses, in fact you tried to take my new Coach purse from Daddy at Christmas. That was not happening - so you have my 12 year old Dooney and Bourke one you like to carry around. You also have a plastic Elmo one you love, but the one more like mommy's is usually the one of choice.

You do something that makes us laugh each day!!!! Today I was trying to get you to say family - and you started singing the Barney song- I love you, You love me, we're a happy family!!!! Nothing gets by you. You are onto us that we can play the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse show ANYTIME you want, thanks to TIVO. I had to record several new episodes this weekend so I don't have to watch the same one over and over. You love to blow kisses and wave good-bye to everyone, especially when daddy goes to work.

I can't wait to see what the next six months brings - hopefully not the beginning of the terrible twos!!!! We love you lots!!!!!!! Mommy