Broccoli & stuff.

Brooke-o has a new nickname in our house: the Broccoli Monster. The girl adores the leafy green veggie. She inhaled it the other night, like seriously inhaled it. Which isn't a bad thing...until the next day. I swear to you the smell of that diaper made the paint chip right off the nursery wall.

Speaking of food, how soon before she's strong enough to actually open these doors?

I'm terrified the answer is "a few weeks." This happens multiple times a day. She's usually saying "muk" or "djoose" (milk & juice, in case you don't speak Toddler) as she pulls on the handles. Apparently, she's thirsty a lot.

And she's so distressed while she does it, which is highly unnecessary considering I give in to her liquid demands most of the time. The faces she makes are hilarious.

This last picture KILLS me.

In other completely unrelated, yet equally (un)exciting news, we have begun the transition from 2 solid naps a day to just 1. *Tear* Although I plan to fight it with every ounce of my being because I cherish that free time in the morning, I'm afraid we're moving into play-it-by-ear territory. Yesterday, the girl wanted no part of a morning nap. She played happily in her bed for an hour before I finally let her get up.

And it's not like she has toys in her bed. When I say "played", I mean she happily hung out with her bunny, her pacifier, 2 blankets, and a glowing seahorse. How she entertained herself for a full hour is beyond me. And she does this all the time. She rarely cries in her bed anymore; it's either sleep or play. And if she does start crying, 9 times out of 10 it's because she threw her own bunny or pacifier over the crib onto the floor and just wants it back. Hilarious.

Sorry. Killer tangent there. Let me continue. So she didn't take a morning nap, and guess what? She was the most pleasant child ever for the rest of the afternoon. We played, we ate lunch, we giggled - such a delight. (And when it was time for her afternoon nap, the girl was asleep before I got through the 2nd round of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and - bonus - slept for, like, 2 hours.)

Then today? She took a 2 hour morning nap. Go figure. As nice as it would be to have a little more flexibility in my mornings sans those naps, I guess we'll just have to take it day-by-day. It's very nice to know that if we can't fit one in I can still have a very pleasant 1-year-old. But trust me - I will cling on to this morning nap for dear life.

Let me finish with this last little piece of Brooke trivia (there are cute pictures, don't worry...you deserve them if you've read this whole post.) The little lady is just that: a lady. Such a girly girl already. She carries around a purse all day. She has 2 of them, and she's rarely without one anymore. She likes it to hang on her arm, just like big girls do. So flippin' cute.

Those are all the ramblings I have for today. You are welcome. (This is what happens when I only blog once a week...it all just spills out in a big hot mess. Apologies.)