17 Months!

To my beautiful girl on your seventeenth month of life!
I am sorry that I did not write to you on your actual day.  Momma has had a stomach virus and not felt like doing much other than nursing you and napping.  Luckily you have not caught the virus and are just as healthy as ever.  I have been very blessed during your life that you have yet to be sick aside from one small cold.  I try not to speak of it very much for fear of jinxing us but I feel that you receiving momma's millk for so long is what has been protecting you.  You have been talking and talking and talking some more.  It seems anything daddy or I say you will repeat whether we want you too or not.  When daddy throws his hands up and says "jerks" at people who can't drive it is so funny to see you imitate him.  You are such a little miniature adult.  You are so sweet and just love on everyone.  You are signing "i love you" more and more and even saying it at times.  You told daddy you loved him very plainly and it brought tears to his eyes :)  You had had even more great experiences in the past month.  You were the most beautiful flower girl ever at your Auntie V's wedding.  You and cousin Conner stole the show and did such a great job being the flower girl and ring bearer.  We also went back to the indoor water park and you and Seth had such a great time.  You went up and down the water slide all by yourself.  You probably slid down that thing 400 times.  You do so well at following directions.  We are very proud of you and your little spunky and funny personality.  There is so very little that you can not do.  And nothing that you do not try to do.  You seriously are just like a monkey, sometimes we don't know how you manage to get into the spaces and places that you do.  You are so much like you daddy and I can see how you are a lot like your momma too.  Your facial expressions are priceless all the time.   We love you!

-MOMMA!