22 Months

Bria is 22 months old. I haven't been good about monthly updates since she turned 1 but I still want to do them every once and awhile so I remember what she was up to at this crazy and adorable age.

First some stats:

Height: 34 inches

Weight: 25 lbs 15 oz

She wears 18 month pants and is starting to switch to 24 month shirts. Instead of diapers (wahoo!!!!!) she wears 2T underwear, in the TinkerBell variety of course. She wears size 5 shoe.

• Talks a lot. I have no idea how many words she says, I can't count that high. ;)
• She can be a bit of a spit fire, when something is not going her way she does this irritating pig squeal that makes me want to throw something. I miss her cute voice saying, "Help please," or "No thank you."
• Can sing the whole alphabet and just did it during lunchtime, I'm impressed at how well she says all the letters.

• Can count to 10 most the time, although 4 and 5 don't always make the cut.
• Understands when to use the word too. For example she will say, "Mommy's happy. Bria's happy too! Daddy's happy too!"
• Is so sweet and loving with her baby dolls. She feeds them, rocks them, sings to them, puts them down for bed, it's really cute to watch.

• Pretends to make dinner with her play food.
• Is getting better at eating and even enjoys snow peas, broccoli (she chews it up and then spits some out, but I still say it counts), and one time she liked tangerines.
• Is potty trained!
• Loves TinkerBell
• Is taking a long time to go down for naps these days, but I'm not giving up on naps!
• When I say, "Sesame Street is on, should we watch it?" She'll say excitedly, "Good idea!" and it makes me laugh every time.

• Her blond hair is turning a little darker, getting longer and the back is curly still.
• Her blue eyes still sparkle like diamonds and she has the sweetest dimples.

This toddler stage is hard. I read other blogs and people seem to have it so together and I start feeling guilty. "I'm letting her watch too much tv!" "She didn't eat enough meat, vegetables, and fruit today (or any for that matter)!" "I make her mac 'n cheese way to much." "I didn't play with her enough today." "I should take her out to play more often." "Am I depriving her of social interaction with other kids?" "Am I being too hard on her?" "She is mean to other kids, what have I done wrong?"

You get the point.

I'm trying hard to let go of this guilt. I've thought about making my blog private (which I still may do), quit reading other blogs, stop googling things, etc. I'm working hard to cut myself some slack, I can't do it all and that's okay. Bria is loved and I get to be at home with her and that is a huge blessing. She is such a sweet little girl and even on the hard days I remember that.

I've never loved anyone like I love Bria, she is absolutely positively my whole world and I would do anything for her.

I can't believe in 2 months I will have a 2 year old!