Toddler Brain

It's obviously been a long time since I have had a toddler in my house, because I have forgotten how exhausting and wonderfully amazing they are at the same time. I watch Gabrielle and sometimes wonder what is going through that tiny brain of hers.  She is so expressive and animated, so sometimes I feel like I can read what she must be thinking.  Like when I am dancing along with her to the Fresh Beat Band and she gets a look on her face that I immediately tells me that she thinks I am the worst dancer in the whole world! It helps me figure it out when she pushes me over to the couch and says "go" so she can dance and spin alone. 

However, there are moments that I feel like I have no idea what she is thinking.  She can be happy playing along with me, her daddy or her sisters and then the next minute she is completely irritated that we are even looking at her so she grabs our faces or pulls our hair (usually Veronica or Presley's).  Immediatley after that she will kiss you and give you a hug because she is sorry she hurt you.  She has the highest pitch squeal I have ever heard in my life.  I remember the other two screaming as toddlers, but not as much as this.  Today on the way to the babysitter's house I seriously thought she was going to crack the windows because of the ear piercing squeal she let out.  And I am sure that she thought that me having the CD on the wrong song in the car was a completely valid reason to scream that way, I on the other hand, found it a little uncalled for! However, I had to smile because I love her little personality and how she already knows what she wants and is not afraid to vocalize it.

I am amazed every day and how much more she has learned and what she has picked up.  Over the last month she has changed so much.  She is saying so many words, imitating her older sisters (which isn't always a good thing) and trying new things.  She loves to take care of the animals and boss them around and she loves to see them first thing in the morning.  She is so loving with them when she wants to be, but as soon as she has had enough of the cat rubbing all over her, she makes sure she puts an end to it. She loves to wear sunglasses now...mine, hers, the girls, it doesn't matter. It also doesn't matter how she wears them either, she just loves to have them. She insisted on keeping mine this morning when I dropped her off at the babysitter, which was hilarious since they are way too big for her little face. The girl loves music! I have never seen a little girl who sings and dances along as much as she does at this age.  Her personal favorites are Adele, Katy Perry, Victoria Justice, and the Fresh Beat Band (of course).  She even knows the appropriate times to sings the aahs and oohs in the songs, as well sing on key! It cracks us up every day.

Gabrielle is such a picky eater and times and other days she will eat almost anything.  As you can tell from the pictures below, one thing she always loves is cereal.  The cabinet that we keep our cereal in is down at her level, which she thinks is her invitation to go and get the cereal out whenever she feels like it.  Sometimes she is good and will sit down and eat it and at other times she dumps the whole bag out on the floor.  She usually thinks that is a good thing to do right after I have swept the floor and just bought a brand new box of cereal!

As you can tell, I am in love and amazed with this sweet, ornery, beautiful and independent little girl. There are days when I feel like I am going to pull my hair out, but I wouldn't have it any other way! I know I neglected the other 2 girls in this post, so I will have to do another one soon all about them!