OK, for some reason I was thinking that when I would finally get my girl after two rough and tough boys she would be super girlie-girl. Kind of like this:
After witnessing my 13-month-old daughter climbing everything she can possibly climb (stairs, lego table, fireplace seat/ledge, etc.), destroying anything she can possibly destroy (think books torn in pieces, cupboards and drawers torn apart and emptied, etc.),
and (this is a major one, pay attention!) putting everything she comes in contact with in her mouth (in this picture she is eating dirt. She kept going after more).
The grossest (that's not a word, is it?) two things so far have been a cigarette butt at the park and her own poop in the bathtub. I know, no mother of the year award for me. Seriously GROSS. I am pretty sure, in my recollection, that my two boys didn't do anything like that, ever. Is it just because this is my third child and I am busy keeping track of the other two? I am really hoping that is it. Or maybe it's just typical baby stuff. I just don't remember going through some of this. She is SO busy! Am I complaining? No, absolutely not. I think a mother tends to, even though we aren't supposed to, compare our children to each other. You can't help but to do it. Jeremy and I have been saying this for the last few months: "I don't remember the boys doing that". We will stop as soon as she understands us so we don't do lasting damage! She is, however, still a fabulous sleeper and eater, happy and healthy. They always say that God gives you no more than you can handle and I believe that with all of my heart. I'm happy to have had a lower maintenance newborn this time around and absolutely cannot wait to see what the future and toddlerhood holds for her. As for now, I will keep pushing the baby dolls and dressing her in adorable dresses!
