Mama's Girl

So Peyton has entered the stage where she doesn't really take too kindly to other people. At school, she prefers a few teachers. At home, she may say hi to you if you come to visit, ignore her for the first 30 minutes and you're lucky. Most of the time she doesn't like anyone paying too much attention to her though. She prefers me most of the time but if any other member of our family (Tom and Austen) leave the house or so much as walk on a different side of the street, she let's us know she doesn't like it. What do they call this separation anxiety? I hope it passes quickly because as cute as it is that she prefers me it certainly is going to get old fairly quickly.

As of today she's 17 months so she's almost entering the time when Austen was at his worst (18 - 21 months) and we didn't bring him to a restaurant for three months after he slipped through the outside eating area fence and almost ran into the street. I feel like we are wiser parents than we were then but I'm sure she will challenge us in different ways. Already she so wants to communicate with us. She understands directions remarkably well. You can tell her to go recycle something and she heads toward the back door or to put her play food in the blue basket and she does so. And, she repeats words rather well. She likes to say animal, dog, Adler, ball and her newest...football.

She still loves to read her books and will sit down and go page by page through them. She has just started showing an interest in dolls too. She likes to carry around her babies, put them in the stroller and push them around. And, she really loves to play with Adler. She's excited to see her first thing in the morning and often goes over and gives her a kiss or brings her a toy. I think she's going to be my animal lover but for now she's a mama's girl.