The Busy B's: It just goes by so quickly...

It's true you know. You hear it ALL the time, especially from parents, but IT IS TRUE. Jade suprises me every day with what she's learned to do and how much she's grown. You know when you haven't seen someone in a while (especially a growing child) and you can instantly tell they've gotten taller or their face is looking more "grown-up." This happens to me everytime i see my awesome nephew Ben and my super cute niece Sydney. Well, when it's your own child, you can see him or her every day and still see how much they are physically changing. It is nothing short of amazing. Then, when you add a developing personality on top of that...WATCH OUT!
So, to help me keep track and to update those who love to hear about her (i'm talking to you Gma!), here is a list of words she now loves to say and things she loves to do.

FAVORITE WORDS: ball (she always makes a funny face when she says it), that (everything she points at is "that"), ma-ma (while she occasionally addresses me with this word, she is usually referring to the real love of her life, her pacifier) hi and bye (never without waving) dada (this word is reserved for her actual dad...no other objects included) eyes (she loves to point out your nose, eyes, ears, mouth, but calls everything eyes).

FAVORITE THINGS TO DO: dance (seriously...to anything! she even dances to certain books while i'm reading them, but only certain ones, not all?!) speaking of books, she LOVES to read (well, she loves listening to you read while she turns the pages) we're in quite a pattern right now. every night after dinner i sit on the floor, she grabs her two favorite "book blocks" (sesame street and mother goose), positions my legs so that she can situate herself on my lap, then hands me book after book to read. playing outside. it's funny, every morning while i load up the car with our stuff she opens the door to her cozy couple, climbs inside, then shuts the door behind her. she just sits in her "car" until i'm ready to buckle her into our mommy-mobile. show off her belly! it's pretty cute...what isn't so cute is when she goes around the room insisting on showing off everyone elses belly. she's obsessed with her feet right now. she likes to pull them up by her face and even clap them like they're her hands. and she thinks it's so funny when mommy smells them and tells her she has stinky feet! kiss! wether it's blowing kisses to her teachers or family, or opening her mouth to give you or her toys a slobbery kiss, she thinks it's great! the other night, she was kissing ALL of her bath toys, she even kissed the net that holds all of her toys. (she was really feeling the love that night!)

I could go on forever, but i'll end this post with few recent pics. Expect more lists to come. it's the only way this mom can keep up, as it flies by right before my eyes.