21 Months Old

1 - We hear "MINE!" a lot now.
2 - Alaina likes to play with baby dolls--lately that means diapering them.
3 - Currently, she is learning to play ring-around-the-rosies (from Liz).
4 - She is very chatty, though most of it still sounds like gibberish.
5 - She is pretty much fearless when it comes to playground slides and almost never wants me to catch her at the bottom.
6 - She enjoys showing off her belly button and pointing out other people's facial features.
7 - She dislikes having her teeth brushed but likes having her teeth flossed.
8 - She makes up songs and sings to herself often, much like her older sister.
9 - Laina makes a scrunchy face and says "cheese" when we take her picture.
10 - She regularly draws on herself more than on paper (even if paper is right in front of her).
11 - She still doesn't want us to read to her much, preferring to "read" to us instead.
12 - She continues to remove her shoes in the car, but now she can sometimes put her sandals back on.
13 - Alaina likes to put things in the garbage for us, unfortunately while she's there she sometimes pulls out random treasures.
14 - She puts her finger to her lips and shushes me when I'm singing her go-to-bed song and she doesn't want to go to sleep.
15 - She likes to wear hats.
16 - She is very loud.
17 - She still sleeps with a binky (and, sometimes, a teddy bear).
18 - Loves to play "this little piggy," wrestle with her daddy, and copy her older sister.
19 - She is soft with her baby sister and doesn't seem jealous . . . yet.
20 - Fortunately she will at least try most of the food we put in front of her.
21 - Alaina likes to wear a hooded towel over her clothes, around the house.