Rose is 20 months already… where does the time go!?!  We are learning more and more about who Rose is everyday, and we are loving every minute of it!  She LOVES shoes (surprised she doesn’t have them on in this pic).  Going to her shoe drawer to try on shoes is probably her #1 favorite thing to do!  If she doesn’t have shoes on, she will come to me and say, “I want sho, Mama!” and then when we go pick them out and put them on together.  She always says, “Thank you!”  Thank you is probably the clearest words she says.  She yells it out to waiters, grocery clerks, anyone who interacts with us.  They are surprised to hear a baby talk so well, and she is just grinning from all the attention.  She’s SO sweet and kind! 

  

She loves to stack bracelets and rubber bands, and she will wear them stacked and keep them on if we go out. If you ask her any question that sounds fun, such as, “Who wants dessert?” she will yell “ME!!!” every time in the sweetest little voice you have ever heard. She keeps on headbands (and clip-on earrings!) and if she doesn’t have anything in her hair, she will come to me and say, “I want a-bow, Mama!” and pat her head.

 

When she’s excited, she runs with her elbows out. When she’s tickled, she’ll do a husky chuckle like Anna Kate. Her only flaw is her short fuse when something goes wrong. If she doesn’t like something (mostly food), she will throw it… sometimes she will shock herself. She’s now old enough for time-outs and understands what they mean. Today she threw her food, and after her time-out, she said, “Sorry,” which sounded more like “Sor!” She’s got a sweet disposition and is usually very happy (that sounds funny after that story, but she’s 99% of the time perfect, truly). 

When we put her down for a nap or bedtime, she never fuses and sleeps so good! She is a picky eater like Anna Kate, but when she loves something, she does her little “happy dance” and the whole family joins in. She sings all the time!  Her favorite song is “Bayou Baby” and she really hears the melody.  I think she may be a good singer.  She loves to dance and twirl around too!  She does life full out and doesn’t miss a beat.  She loves to mumble gibberish sentences.  She’s our only baby to do that.  We love carrying on conversations with her in gibberish.  She’ll go high and low with her voice and her inflections are priceless.  She’s so animated!  Her happiness is contagious, and she doesn’t know a stranger. She will hold her arms up/out to anyone that looks nice in public (mostly older ladies), which of course, makes their day brighter, which in turn, makes me so happy because that’s what it’s all about at the end of the day! It’s so much fun getting to know Rose… she makes the world a better place! I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life getting to know her more and more. She’s great!!!