I knew my life would change the moment I found out I was pregnant. I knew my sleeping habits would change the
moment I gave birth. What I didn’t know
is that I would be woken up almost every morning by a 3 foot curly headed
little girl shaking me and yelling “MOMMY!!!
WAKE UP! I want EGGS!” Yep; this is how my days begin. On the off chance I get up first, she makes
it known she does not like being woken up by the sounds of my morning
routine. “TURN…THAT…OFF! You woke me UP!” Apparently my hair can wait to be dried until
her beauty rest is complete.
My sweet little 7 pound 14 ounce baby girl has morphed into
a 30 pound independent diva who values doing everything “myself”. She refuses to ask for help, unless
absolutely necessary, and makes sure you know it. While she has no problem barging in on anyone
else when they are in the bathroom she is adamant on her alone time – pushing everyone
out of the bathroom “GET OUT! I will
call you if I need you to wipe my butt!”
Over the last year Colleen has become more confident in
herself, her artistic abilities, and her ability to help mommy with household
chores. Her speech has obviously
improved dramatically, she can sing numerous songs, knows all of her ABC’s and
can even point them out as well as spell her name, however most of the time it
comes out as “C-O-L-L-E-E-N spells Doodle.”
She is a Houdini in training and has mastered all child
safety locks including the doors, forcing us to install hotel locks up high on
the doors so she can no longer get out of the back door, turn on the water
hose, and help mommy clean the floor by flooding the living room with that said
water hose. Yep – the moment when you
walk out of the bedroom to find your 2 year old with a garden hose in the house
with water EVERYWHERE is not a moment you soon forget – nor is it a story that
many people can top.
The last child safety escape was probably the scariest. I was taking a shower and she was able to get
out of the door to the garage, open the garage door, find a PERMANENT marker
and had enough time to color around the entirety of my car. While I was very upset that I had permanent
marker on my car with no clue how to get it off, I was more concerned that she
was outside, by herself, and could have been seriously hurt had she ran out into
the road. I was then very grateful the
marker and car distracted her and kept her closer to the house. Not a proud mommy moment there.
We have decided that she is indeed part monkey and after I
found her hanging upside down from the iron canopy that hung over my four post
bed – well…it is no longer there but that does not keep her from climbing on
the top of my head board and jumping off onto the bed. I’m amazed and SCARRED at what this little
girl comes up with.
Few things she loves to do:
1.
Watch “Super Why”
2.
Feed the animals
3.
Build “Towers”
4.
Jump
5.
Run Around
6.
Play
7.
Color (on herself) and paper
8.
Read books
9.
Ride bikes
1.
Take baths
11. Paint her nails (by herself)
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