These past two months have been ones of big changes for us with Giada. She is growing so fast. Her words have increased from mama, dada and  “Bad Bad” (the cats – we are always saying Bad bad kitty! So she thinks that is the name of both cats) to Cheese, yes, and Juice.

She thinks sneezing is hilarious, which Brad is devastated about as he is a “One and Done” sneezer. We can’t believe that from her 1 year old birthday (I STILL haven’t gotten thank you notes out grrr…) where she was an unsteady walker, that she has turned into a full blown toddler. Where did our baby go!!!???

She is still a super sweet baby though we have just now gotten to the where we say “no!” and she thinks it is funny to keep doing what she is doing or take whatever she’s not supposed to have and make a run for it. I had to pull out the what to expect in the toddler years for what to do about this as once you get vaguely forceful with her about the “no” she dissolves into tears which is awful!

We are about to start the torturous process of finding a preschool. Competition is fierce for placement and these aren’t even fancy pants schools.  WHY DID I NOT SIGN HER UP LAST YEAR!!! I love the Montessori concept but the one near us has 10 seats and unfortunately (or fortunately – uncorruptable people are few and far between) this school owner is not one to be b.s.ed, swayed, lead or coerced. We’re almost afraid to try as she will think our family is uncommunity like. But we’ll see.

So I thought I would send this picture to prove this child is actually mine as well as Brad’s She has looked like him for so long without a drop of me when I saw this one I was like, Vindicated!! I don’t think there is a ton of me, but think you can see a good dose of Canterbury.