so amazing - 21 months today!

my baby is 21 months old today. just three more months and she will be TWO. crazy town.

• counts to ten like no big deal


• sings her ABCs like a champ


• sings other songs such as Twinkle Twinkle and The ChuChu Song so sweetly yet in such a show-off manner


• says things like "love you more" when you tell her you love her


• tells me "i busy" when she is playing and doesn't want to eat or bathe


• dances to choreogrpahy that i create


• has lay face down / lay down toddler tantrums


• is always asking "mama/papa where are you?" when we're right next to her


• hugs like no other (and even gets bitten by other children for it)


• sleeps like a champ


• dances amazingly solo as well as with friends and as a family, all hugging


• travels incredibly well


• handles change great


• laughs infectiously


• kisses freely


• still signs words even though she can say all the words easily


• "cooks" and "cleans" all the time


• plays make believe


• "reads" books out loud


• is smart and pretty dang witty


• is hilarious!


• loves, loves, and loves

i'm sure there are a milliong other things that i am forgetting about how amazing Harlow is. i could never do her justice.

smitten

Harlow & Mama (parentheses) from RevelVideo on Vimeo.

the great gnome photoshoot

i made a gnome Halloween costume for Harlow. but since The Great Halloween Blizzard of 2011 made it so that we had no Halloween - we found another use for the costume. we did a little photoshoot one morning and then Papa photoshopped her into different locations (below). we then compiled those pictures into our holiday card this year. pretty dang cute as a gnome, eh? i think the Chicago one is my favorite with Vegas as a close second. Papa is partial to the snow gnome.