Knocked Up & Unemployed: where has the time gone?

Okay, so I've almost abandoned this blog. I feel like it's time to resuscitate it...at least until I abandon it again... I've been busy chasing around my ~~baby~~ toddler and trying to be a better blogger on my other blog. But I've realized that I refer back to this blog if I need to remember something that V did...and if I don't keep up with this blog, then *POOF*, that memory will be gone forever! I don't think ginko will help this mom brain at this point.

V has changed so much since my last post. She's officially a toddler now, and fitting into that role very well. She's trying her independence and testing my patience a lot these days. Everywhere she goes, she runs...no, she sprints. It's really the cutest thing to watch her big diaper booty shaking back and forth as she sprints down the driveway ~~and into the road!!!~~.

She's a definite "Chatty Cathy." It seems like she's learning new words everyday. Right now she's saying:

Mama

Dad

Brad (and this is how she says Brad, "BRAAAAADDDD!!! Not sure who she gets that from.... :)

Knock knock

Book

Quack quack

Moo

Woof woof

Truck

Ball

Baby

She can sign:

All done

Please

Eat

And she can blow kisses

She talks non-stop and it's only a matter of time before she starts repeating everything we say...time to censor my potty mouth! She really is such a friendly, loving child. She knows no stranger and loves other kids so much. When we're at the park, she immediately runs up to another child and starts hugging him/her. She truly has so much love in her heart and it makes me feel so proud and so unbelievably happy. She has a zest for life that is truly inspiring and heart warming. I hope she never loses that fire! Now, I really need some tips on how to deal with a head strong toddler...and when can we start potty training?? She's already hiding when she goes #2...is that a sign that she might be ready in the next couple of months?? Ugh...I need a glass of wine just thinking about potty training...