maggie is eighteen months old today.
she seems so much older than that to me.
i don't know if it is a second kid thing, or if it is just maggie, but time seems to be moving slower with her.
my real hypothesis is that it's because she's so dang smart.
maggie already has upwards of one hundred words.
lately she's started using two word phrases.
her favorites are "right there" and "that one" and "no way".
last night she got into bed and looked me in the eyes and said "shirt off".
she also knows her shapes.
she's got square, triangle, rectangle, circle, and star down.
she sees letters and she tells me "abc!"
she can label most her body parts.
her one deficit? animal sounds.
every animal says "moo".
except the dog. that one does manage to get out a "woof" now and again.
maggie's favorite tv show is mickey mouse clubhouse.
she knows the names of every character and sings along to the theme song.
she loves pixar movies and winnie the pooh.
she likes to eat cheese and shredded meats. and anything that contains chocolate. her favorite food? it's a tie between pirate's booty, fruit snacks, and peas.
her favorite thing to do is read.
already she spends long stretches of time pulling out every book on the shelf and going through it page by page.
lately her favorite activity is to bring you a book and point to every picture in it asking "wat dat?".
maggie is a natural big sister.
she has a baby doll that she smothers in hugs and kisses.
she'll bring it over and tuck it in for good night.
yesterday she got really mad at the doll because it wasn't eating the roll that she was offering.
so we do still have some things to work on before baby actually comes.
there is a poem by henry wadsworth longfellow that perfectly sums up our little girl.
she seems so much older than that to me.
i don't know if it is a second kid thing, or if it is just maggie, but time seems to be moving slower with her.
my real hypothesis is that it's because she's so dang smart.
maggie already has upwards of one hundred words.
lately she's started using two word phrases.
her favorites are "right there" and "that one" and "no way".
last night she got into bed and looked me in the eyes and said "shirt off".
she also knows her shapes.
she's got square, triangle, rectangle, circle, and star down.
she sees letters and she tells me "abc!"
she can label most her body parts.
her one deficit? animal sounds.
every animal says "moo".
except the dog. that one does manage to get out a "woof" now and again.
maggie's favorite tv show is mickey mouse clubhouse.
she knows the names of every character and sings along to the theme song.
she loves pixar movies and winnie the pooh.
she likes to eat cheese and shredded meats. and anything that contains chocolate. her favorite food? it's a tie between pirate's booty, fruit snacks, and peas.
her favorite thing to do is read.
already she spends long stretches of time pulling out every book on the shelf and going through it page by page.
lately her favorite activity is to bring you a book and point to every picture in it asking "wat dat?".
maggie is a natural big sister.
she has a baby doll that she smothers in hugs and kisses.
she'll bring it over and tuck it in for good night.
yesterday she got really mad at the doll because it wasn't eating the roll that she was offering.
so we do still have some things to work on before baby actually comes.
there is a poem by henry wadsworth longfellow that perfectly sums up our little girl.
"there was a little girl
who had a little curl
right in the middle of her forehead.
when she was good,
she was very good indeed,
but when she was bad she was horrid."
i think it's called being spirited.
truth is, we are glad maggie is around.
although sometimes we may forget it,
most the time she's the cutest human being on the planet.
when she's dancing and twirling and giggling around our living room,
i just can't imagine life without her.
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