CUTE THINGS YOU'VE DONE

THE OTHER DAY, I SAID, "YOU'RE SO PRETTY. DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE PRETTY?" AND YOU SAID, "YEA. YOU'RE SO PRETTY." AND POINTED TO ME. MADE ME FEEL SPECIAL AND AWESOME. I LOVE YOU.

YOU'VE REACHED A NEW LEVEL IN YOUR "NO" PHASE. WHEN YOU REACH CRITICAL MASS (WHAT I CALL YOUR TODDLER MELTDOWNS), YOUR ANSWER TO EVERYTHING IS "NO!" SO I'LL ASK YOU REGULAR QUESTIONS ACCOMPANIED BY SOME RIDICULOUS QUESTIONS. THIS EXCHANGE HAPPENED THE OTHER DAY:

• ME- "DO YOU WANT SOME NUGGETS?"
• YOU- "NO!"
• ME- "DO YOU WANT SOME GOLDFISH?"
• YOU- "NO!"
• ME- "DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THE MOON?"
• YOU- "NO!"
• ME- "DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT?"
• YOU- "NO!"
• ME- "DO YOU WANT SOME OCTOPUS?"
• YOU- "NO! .... OCTOPUS? MOMMA... OCTOPUS?"

SO YOU WANTED OCTOPUS. WHERE THE HELL DID THAT COME FROM? YOUR DADDY AND I HAD TEARS IN OUR EYES WE WERE LAUGHING SO HARD. YOU EVEN WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING AND THE FIRST WORD OUT OF YOUR MOUTH WAS, "OCTOPUS?" YOU'RE AWESOME. I LOVE YOU.

YOU WERE AT YOUR NINA'S AND YOU DECIDED YOU WANTED TO TRY LIPSTICK. YOU GOT IT ALL OVER YOURSELF. YOU LOOKED LIKE GIRLS FROM THE 80'S THAT WANTED TO DATE ROBERT SMITH FROM THE CURE (I'LL TEACH YOU ABOUT THEM LATER, THEY'RE AWESOME). ANOTHER REASON WHY YOU'RE AWESOME AND I LOVE YOU!!!

YOU STILL END UP IN BED WITH US. I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE ANYTIME SOON, BUT THAT'S OK, BECAUSE I GET TO SEE SUPER CUTENESS EVERY MORNING AND IT MAKES ME LOVE YOU MORE (EVEN IF I DO SLEEP LIKE CRAP MOST THE NIGHT).

YOU'RE STILL THE MOST AWESOME THING IN MY LIFE. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH THAT SOMETIMES I THINK I COULD JUST EXPLODE. YOU ARE MY EVERYTHING, BABY. I HOPE YOU'LL ALWAYS KNOW THAT. ME AND YOUR DADDY JUST ADORE YOU. AND NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE THAT.

♥ MOMMA