Toma's antics

Toma is definitely growing up and her personality is showing through, a lot! She has a new favorite word (can you guess?) "NO!". And she doesn't just say it once, she says, "No, no, no, no!" And lately she started trying to hit us while she does it. I think she got it from us slapping her hand while telling her no. . . I think we need to rethink ways to teach and discipline her. . . Sometimes it's so hard not to laugh when she does it though. I have struggle to keep a straigh face quite often. We also discovered a hidden talent that Toma has, she loves to dance. She hears music and just starts dancing. It is hilarious. . . I've posted a video to show you what I mean. She is also becoming very independant. The last few days she has wanted to pick out her clothes for the day. If I pick something out, she says, "no, no, no" and puts it back. If I try to put it on her, she screams, runs, and tries to pull it off. But if she picks it out, then she's okay. So far I've been impressed, no major clashes. We'll see how long that continues. Then today, she wanted her shoes on. She let me put one on, but she wouldn't give me the second one to put on because she wanted to put it on herself. I was able to catch that on camera too. She finally gave in and gave it too me. She's been getting all 4 of her 2-year molars. The two on the right are in, but the left ones are still in the process. She's been a little grumpy, but that's it. Her teeth have come in very odd, she still doesn't even have her incisors, but she IS a Snodgrass, so of course she's wierd. (ha ha)Also, I can't seem to keep my house clean anymore. She's go into the kitchen and empty out the cabinets she can get into and pull everything onto the floor. Does she want to play with the stuff? No, just make a mess. Then while I'm picking that up, she'll go into the living room and pull the DVDs off the rack, empty out her toybox, dump her puzzles on the ground, etc. Ugh!! It's a constant battle. I'm sure some of you know what I'm talking about. I look at her and think, "where is my little girl?" She's growing up so fast, and I'm not sure I like it. She's only about 20 months old, but she's starting to be an adorable (sometimes) little terror. . . But then she can make me laugh so hard, and her smile just melts my heart. Yeah, I guess I'll keep her awhile longer.