23 Months Old Today!!

She loves Kenny Chesney....just chillin' and watching....






'What Not to Wear'




'No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problem"




Just taking it all in.....



Bella is growing up sooooo fast.....I love that she is able to understand and follow simple to somewhat moderate directions. And that she can let me know what she wants to see or not see on TV. Most of the time she just wants to see Elmo. Thank goodness for the 'On Demand' Channels. We can have Elmo as often as we need him. And can tell me what she wants to eat, usually Cheerios or French Fries. And will tell me if she wants juice or milk. And is getting pretty good with her colors. She is especially good with 'pink'. Go figure, most all of her clothes have some pink in them. Her new thing so say is 'I got something'. And she has started to come to me when she has a dirty diaper with 'I stinky'. She has figured out to call a scratch a 'boo boo'. She even, for the first time, turned a book around that was upside down. And she wants to do everything herself, 'I do it'. She doesn't even want me to sing with her. And her vocabulary has grown so much that I can't even keep up with the new words that she uses each day. We are at the 'whats that' phase. I must have heard those two words at least 100 times today.

And did I mention that she has the 'worst' allergies. Poor thing, she has been coughing and sneezing for two weeks. We made a trip to the Ped just to check it out. She loves it outside so much, but the pollen is really playing havoc with her. She is loving her 'flip flops' this year too.

We went for a pony 'horsie' ride last Saturday. She loved it and wasn't afraid of the pony at all. And even gave 'Rocky' a kiss on his nose after the ride was over. She is truly an outside, country girl that can't stand to have dirty hands. lol

We have lots of fun things to do in the next couple of weeks. We are going to see Jack Hannah at our local Natural Science Center, Elmo live (front row seats), and a Beach Vacation just to name a few.