Happy 21 Months Birthday!

wow, how much difference a another month makes!

every day you learn more words and often say things that i didn't realize you knew how to say or understood concepts of. we went out on the deck to take pictures of a slug that had come in the house. you were very interested in the slug and kept pointing to him and saying, "snake!" i don't remember ever purposefully telling you about snakes, and how they're shaped and how they move, but you must have picked it up somewhere, if you thought that the legless, long and skinny slug was a snake. it was a pretty good guess! recently you were crying, and when i came to you, you pointed to your face and sad, "i sad." you're just getting smarter every day, and it's really neat to watch you grow up.

you've also started asserting yourself more with sam. if he does something you don't like, you tell him "NO!" if he's standing up in the grocery basket, you tell him to "Sit!" sometimes you go a little overboard, and say no to him no matter what he's doing. you also assert yourself with mommy and daddy. if i'm taking your picture, and you don't want me to, you say, "No!" and shake your head or refuse to look at me. or, you make an angry face, like the one in this picture.

you've been telling us pretty often when you need to go to the bathroom, before it happens. yesterday, you went twice on the potty.

you love to draw and color, and while i know it is really early for this, you seem to be trying (pretty successfully) to copy letters and shapes that we draw for you. i'm pretty sure you're going to be just as smart as sam. i only hope you two don't plot to overthrow us by the time you're 10.