Mommy's Little Leg Warmer

Dear Kaia-boo,

This weekend you turned 18 months old (1 1/2 years)! I can't believe that time has flown by so quickly. You're still the same sweet self, although with a decent measure of toddler behavior thrown in there (a few puppy dog tails, I think). The past few weeks you haven't really been adding a ton of words but you're clearly understanding more and capable of doing a lot of things really easily that I didn't expect. This morning, while I was busy stacking blocks up, you put together the ladybug puzzle (really put it together, not just stacking the pieces on top of each other). I had thought you couldn't do that, and so had been putting them together for you. That'll teach me to underestimate you, kiddo!

You've also gotten very good a creating huge towers of blocks and then nesting the boxes back inside each other, and are good at helping to clean up after yourself when asked (thank you, Georgann). I've been spending some good quality time with you on weekends (Dada has been working a lot more lately) and now even when Dada is home you mostly want to be held, read to, picked up, or otherwise entertained. . .by me. This has led to me commenting to several friends that you have entered your "leg warmer" phase - you are attached to my lower leg kind of like a leg warmer. It's very sweet, and flattering that you like me :-)