22 months!!!

22 months young for this wild one!  we are starting to go to a lot of 2 year old birthday parties and it makes me think that i gotta start thinking about hers!  it is only 2 months away!!!  my girlfriend told me last night at her daughters birthday party that she feels like overnight she has already hit the "terrible twos."  but lately bowie has been so sweet, cuddly and affectionate.  she comes up and gives me the best hugs and pats on the back, telling me "pretty."  i remember a couple months back she went through a very fussy phase and i started to wonder if we were entering the dreaded "terrible twos," but NO, this girl is all smiles lately.  i say it everyday, but this little miss is the best!!!  she is sweet, funny, smart, adventurous, kind and curious.  she is definitely a mama's girl and i hope she stays that way!  she is always busy like her daddy, the only time she can sit still is if she is watching mickey mouse.  her hands have to be doing something and she bounces around from one toy or activity to the next.  as she gets older i can see a beautiful combination of both of us coming through in her personality and appearance.

bowie milestones...

~size 3T pant, size 4T shirt, size 6 diaper, size 4T pajama, size 6 shoe!
~vocabulary builds everyday, but she is getting good at putting 2-3 words together to create commands and short sentences!
~loves books!  she reads them by herself during the day and loves story time with daddy before bed!
~lots of pretend play with her baby doll.  loves to put her in a stroller and walk around house, feed her and hold her.
~loves mickey mouse!  she now calls all characters either "mickey or donald" (even minnie and daisy) and also loves pluto!
~getting better with colors.  she can identify purple and yellow correctly most of the time, but is getting better with blue, pink and green.
~picky picky eater!  every meal is a struggle for me, good thing she is a big healthy baby!
~according to our scale at home she weighs 32.5 pounds
~is more attached to her sippy with milk than she ever was with the bottle.
~loves her binky.  she has also become more attached since being sick over the holidays
~is learning to share, as well as me teaching her tools to get better at this
~sleeps about 12 hours at night and a 2 hour afternoon nap from about 12-2pm during the day, sometimes 3 hours if she is super tired
~participates in toddler time 1-2 times a week, the little gym on fridays and lots of playdates!
~loves "tubby time" lately.  she likes to play with these new disney princess bath toys she got for christmas and my facial brush.  sometimes she can play in there for 45 minutes!
~is now forward facing in her car seat.  i was hoping to keep her rear facing for 2 years +, but she is so tall that we had to move her.
~eyes are dark hazel and hair is light golden brown.  her hair is thick and long and she is okay with me pulling her bangs out of her eyes most of the time.
~gets really excited over presents!
~likes to help me clean and also likes it when i give her a pad of paper and pen to make lists like mama.