Tale as old as time..

Every parent thinks just about everything their kid does is adorable and we are no exception. Here is a rundown of some of Alex latest memorable moments. She is in love with, no obsessed with, Beauty and the Beast-and not the princess, but Beast Himself. I think its might be her first crush, she loves the big hairy fellow. She wants to watch the entire movie several times a day and sings along with the theme song and dances to it. Her most often said word lately after Momma and baba (dog) is beast. Dada has been forever linked with Bulldogs now, it seems his desire for one has made an impression on her. Whenever she sees a bulldog she says Dada. Da has even taught her to make a bulldog face which is quite comical as she juts out her lower jaw and tongue. Her other latest and greatest move is her "ooh, ooh, my baby" dance which involves her-what do you know-singing ooh ooh my baby, and shaking her tush and swinging her arms. She's got the moves! She's getting her shapes and colors down pat. If you ask her to point to a certain color she gets it right most of the time, but if you ask her what color it is she almost always says purple. We've been working on manners and she says yep, please as pretty much one word. She is talking more but maybe still not enough. Doc isn't concerned but has given her until Easter to turn into a chatterbug or we'll look into extra help then. Doc was also concerned about her weight and said to butter, batter and fry everything. We've been so careful about her eating healthy and now that's out the window. Unfortunately her favorite snack is the fat free gummy fruit snacks-go figure. The weaning process is getting there (not willingly, and with much screaming, but hey) and hopefully she'll start showing more interest in food. Sleep has also been an issue lately (we were just too lucky the first 18 months) She still protests going to bed, some nights more loudly and longer than others, but it has gotten better. She's also now waking in the middle of the night and that's a little harder to get her back to sleep but we're making headway. Our bedtime ritual is trashed at the moment since anything remotely connected to bedtime is met with nononono's. Getting her in PJ's was a battle for awhile but as long as they have doggies or disney on them, she's OK with it. Her favorite toys of late are still her puppy and her doll, loves to color and play with her felt books and boards, loves her puzzle blocks and other puzzles. A daily tea party is still a must do. We watch bull riding every weekend (and she and I are going to the PBR in a couple of weeks!) Instead of pony rides on the knee, she does bull rides, one hand holding my forearm like its the rope and the other up in the air, ready to go. She loves it! Its been pretty cold here and we got about 3 inches of snow which for her is considered a blizzard, so we haven't done much. Luckily the weather last weekend was good for the Krewe of Barkus Mardi Gras pet parade. There must have been more than a thousand dogs in all manner of costume, Alex was in baba heaven and she came home draped in beads-only 2 and already getting the mardi gras beads-blame it on the ooh, ooh dance.