she makes me smile...

it's been almost a year since i wrote my letter of resignation from teaching... i keep thinking how fast the last year has gone and how much i've loved every single second of being at home with K... and i look forward more years of pure joy! :)
it seems like she's growing by the minute...i saw how long her legs were today in the high chair...and how long her feet seem to be getting... and how much growing she's going to do this summer... :)
i wish there was a way to "capture" all of the things i love about her... her quirky personality and how the words she knows come out... i just can't take a picture and save these things... so, i figured i should write some of them down... :)

i smile when she jumps... in the last week, she's taken to jumping all the time... as she says, she loves to "djump." and the smile that spreads across her face when she does it... :) i love it...

i love how, after dinner, she runs for her little couch, throws herself on it, and looks at you to start her "DBD" before we start getting ready for bed. in the last few weeks, we've been going for walks before the DBD, but she's still excited when we get back to watch her Praise Baby video...

i smile when she says "no no no" when she's doing something she knows she shouldn't be doing... :) then she looks at you and grins... :)

i love how she dances... with her leg bounce at the knees and the arm movements... :)

i love her blue eyes...

i smile when i watch her play outside... she explores everything, loves dirt, and if she can find a ball, she's ready for a game... :)

she makes me smile when she calls a rainbow a "bee bow" and she calls a baseball a "bee ball"

i love how her second toe on her left foot doesn't stay down still... :) it's like her feet aren't wide enough... :)

she makes me smile when she looks for "Elmo," "Arnie," and "Burr" in her books...

i love how she points to things in her books and says, "mmmm" when she wants you to tell her what it is...

she makes me giggle when she throws it into reverse to sit on your lap when she's found a book she wants to read with you...

i love how her hair curls in the back...

i smile when she takes her plate and says, "all di" when she's finished with her meal...

i love how she runs to sit down when she knows it's time for a snack... (we've worked hard on sitting during snack time)

i laugh when she sees the open pantry and stands there and says, "trac-er, trac-er, trac-er" until she gets a cracker to satisfy her hunger... :)

i love how she finds a little stick outside and decides to use it to touch each towel that hangs on the clothes line...

i can't help but smile when she weaves in and out between the clothes on the clothesline like it's a game... :)

i love how she takes her blanket and shoves it under her nose each night to smell its sweetness and familiarity...

i smile when she throws her paci into her crib when she gets up and says "bye-bye, dii dii."

i love how she is starting to finish sentences for me when we read "Goodnight Moon." :)

i smile thinking about last night. as she fell asleep while we were rocking, that she kept pointing and sleepily saying "mooo" as the gibbous moon was shining into the window...

and there's so much more...
she makes me smile...all the time... :)