21 Months

KC turns 21 months old on Sunday. We are almost at the big T-W-O. The change in her lately is really astounding. I could wax poetic about how fast they grow in the first 2 years, but you’ve heard it before. If you are a parent, you have experienced it. Lately she looks tall and lean. She’s losing the baby roundness in favor of the more sleek look of advanced toddlerhood. She looks more like a kid now than a baby. She’s even getting longer curls after being somewhat bald for so long.

She is tossing out many more phrases than before. They come out of nowhere sometimes. At the beginning of the week, as her Dad escorted her out the door to go to Grandma’s for the day, she looked at me and said, “Bye-bye, Mommy. Bye-bye.” She’s said bye a million times, but it was the complete phrase that just floored me. The way she said it with such conviction, so clearly and full of purpose.

(Funny thing. She also said, “Bye-bye, Mommy.” to her Dad after he dropped her off and was leaving Grandma’s for work. Ahhh, well. I’m sure she meant “Daddy”.)

None of this is any surprise, yet at the same time…it really is. Each time she jumps forward so obviously in her development it gives us such a thrill. It’s like we get complacent for a couple of weeks and then, all of a sudden…“Oh! Right! You are a real person! One who will, like, grow up and stuff! Damn. My bad. Are you gonna read the Metro section, or can I steal that from you?”

How long do you suppose before I can get her to make my coffee on weekend mornings?

Little Lady