Almost Two!

Almost Two……Almost!

Isla will be 23 months on Christmas day.

These past 23 months have left me happy, speechless, proud,  laughing and crying.

Isla has grown so much. She is no longer a baby…..I see no baby left except when she holds her blankie tight.

I’m so lucky she’s a cuddly one and I can still feel that tiny memory of a baby when I hold her.

I have a hard time remembering just how much she’s grown. I go back and look at blog post, pictures and videos just to find myself with tears in my eyes. Where did it go? How did it happen? Am I really responsible for creating this person? Am I really shaping who she is?

I’ve started typing things down each day on my iPhone. I don’t want to forget anything. If you looked on my iPhone this is what you would find.

Isla’s Cuties:

“Mommy open it?” *grunting* “Ugh it’s stuck!”

“Good night pretty mama, night.”

One morning while playing make believe Isla put makeup on her Pooh Bear. She pretended to lose Pooh Bear so she could find him and say “I found you Pooh Bear!!” “Pooh Bear I miss you.”

“I love mama!”

Before drumming, tapping her drum sticks together and saying “1, 2, 3, 7.”

While watching the wind blow outside the window, *gasp* “it’s a windy day.”

While driving in the rain, “I love the rain!”

“Isla do you like banana?” “Mmmmm, yes mom!” *slurp* "It’s delicious!”

And my personal favorite:

“Isla can I change your poop?” “No mommy, I okay!”

Honestly I’m so happy I wrote all that down because I would have forgotten.

Isla, words can never express the love I feel for you. You light up my world each and every day, I’m beyond blessed.