The things she does...

My baby is 21 months old. (BAH! Closer to 2, please stop growing immediately)

She is sweet, loving, stubborn, focused, and very, very funny.

She "gets" jokes now and laughs very loudly and says "that's so funny!" (She's a great little self esteem booster.)

She is very much a mama's girl at the moment. (FINALLY!) I am soaking it all in.

She does and says some of the funniest things, and I wanted to write some of them down so I don't forget.

-Everything is a question. She raises her voice at the end of EVERY word/sentence and it sounds like she's asking a question no matter what she says. Anyone listening to her speak for the first time thinks it's hilarious. We are used to it, and actually the rare times she doesn't do it catches me off guard.

-She pluralizes just about everything. Our current favorite is the way she says "soaps" when she's in the bath. "Where'd the soaps go?"

-When we are outside walking around she tells me, "No step on the Jala poops!" or "Mommy keen up the Jala poops? It's too ucky." (Mind you, this is after all of the "Jala poops" are cleaned up.)

-I gave her broccoli for the first time without cutting it the other night and she said, "Mommy, I like the nummy trees!" The next morning she requested "trees" for breakfast.

-This morning she was jumping and trying to throw her ball at the same time and told me "I pay ba-ketball like Daddy!"

-She has finally officially figured out how to jump, and that's all she does all day long. Each and every time she says "JUMP!" It makes walking through a store extra fun... and very long.

-Every child we see is now a "Kenna" (they all used to be "babies"). Every woman or man is now a "mommy" "daddy" "grandma" or "grandpa." (Truly sorry to those we've offended, if you are over the age of about 50 you are a grandparent in Mikenna's mind.)

-She counts "1, 2, 5, 7, 4, 9, 10!"

-Letters are "yedders" and if she doesn't know what letter it is, she calls it an "R." (Apparently that's her default?)
-All of her babies and stuffed animals need diapers on, and need their diapers changed often. Mommy is changing lots of diapers lately!
-The other day I was changing and she told me, "Mommy, I like your princess panties!"

-She still makes the BEST elephant sound I've ever heard, I have yet to catch it on video, but I'm not giving up.

Mikenna is very much her own person at 21 months old, she knows exactly what she wants and how she wants it. Although it may be a little frustrating at times, that stubborn little spirit will be a great thing when she is an adult. I love the funny little sayings and things she does at each age... life is getting more and more fun!