14 reasons to love a 14 month old

Pucker Up and Give Me a Kiss!

Things I love about my new little toddler:

1. Determination~ to get what they want. Milk out of a sippy cup? You must be shitting me mommy! " Where is that bottle?" he's thinking as he knocks the cup down and rolls it as far out of his sight as possible. You would think I was trying to feed him V8 or something... but it's the SAME milk~ just not in a bottle! Frustrating to me, but funny!
2. Toilet paper~ he loves the stuff. He is currently enjoying ripping it into a bajillion pieces whenever he manages to get into the bathroom. I swear he tries to see how tiny of a piece he can rip off just to make it harder for me to pick up!
3. If there is ever the slightest opportunity to squeeze thru the gate he high tails it thru there like a prisoner escaping Alchatraz! His little butt wobbling back and forth as he speed crawls to the Christmas Tree. Then he plops down, sits back, grasps both hands into a praying like position, looks up at the tree and says a 5 second "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" with all of his breath. It is so freakin cute!
4. He points the remote to the TV as if he actually knows how to change the channel.
5. He puts the phone to his hear and says "Abakjaclikaboo." Which means "hello?" He pretends lots of things are phones: the remote, his cracker, a block~ whatever.
6. He sticks out his tongue when he thinks.7. As we drive down the road he must inform me that we have driven by a truck... everytime! "ruck! ruck!" he shouts.
8. His love of rearranging my drawers... One of his favorite things to do these days is open a drawer and proceed to take out every item one by one... he may or may not put them back in.. why should he? Thats what mommies are for...
9. This kid loves music. I swear he's going to be in a rock band one day or a dancer one. The second he hears music with any kind of beat to it he grasps his hands in front of him and does this little hip twist action~ yesterday it was Jay-Z he enjoyed getting down to. He seems to like hip hop the best!!
10. Messes~ he likes to make them. I think alot of it is he likes to see things bounce and make racket. Yesterday after my bath he threw every bath toy he owns into the tub, one by one (like 30 of them) and laughed hysterically after each one banged and bounced off the tub sides. I think I have a little fireball on my hands! Or maybe it's just the boys?
11. Messes part II~ He really likes throwing his blocks behind the bench and hearing them cling and clang against the window and wall. We are definately going to need to repaint before we move!
12. I have another name~ Mt. Killamanjaro, or better yet... Mt. Killamommy . He loves climbing over me, up me, on me~ whatever. As long as it is me he doesn't care. I think I'm going to have to hire someone to wrap my Christmas presents because it seems like an impossible task this year! The presents look like they have been carried crosscountry by a postman on horseback in the rain when I finally get them wrapped!
13. He says "Mama"~ and it is so sweet to hear. He said it before but now it is VERY clear. Anytime I leave his presence... "Mama, mama!" is what I hear. Love it :)

14. After he has said mama for the 500th time that day and is pulling at my leg late in the evening~ the best part of having a 14 month old comes next. He takes a bath, puts on his jammies and I rock him to sleep. He drifts off to sleep and then with his eyes closed he grins. In that moment all the work I did that day was worth it because he had a good day.