Toddler Time

Audrey turned 1 last Saturday despite my efforts to keep her a baby forever. Although the days of babyhood are in the past, I was still under the impression that the tantrums, stubbornness, and everything else that comes with living with a toddler were still far off. Apparently, Audrey got the memo that her days of baby living are gone because this week we have seen a whole new side to our little one.

Yesterday while we were getting ready to hit Audrey's new pool to beat the heat, I decided to preemptively hit the bathroom (lets be honest, pregnancy and trying to stay hydrated means lots of trips to the bathroom, sorry if T.M.I but total truth). I returned less than a minute later and found her with the bottle of sunscreen in hand. Not only had she managed to get it from the top of the table but had also figured out how to undo the cap and squeeze the bottle to get the sunscreen out.  She had a funny look on her face and her lips were covered in white lotion. Oh crap! Thus my first ever call to poison control was made...FYI poison control knows their stuff! Who knew sunscreen can act as a laxative when ingested?! Audrey showed no symptoms from ingesting the sunscreen but screamed bloody murder when I took it away from her.

Then today at the gym marked the 1st time I was paged overhead to the daycare center to come pick up my child. Apparently the lady at the daycare had tried to trace her hand to add it to a tree they were making of all the kids handprints and names (cute!) and Audrey was not having it. The nerve!

Still sweet as ever when she wants to be, Audrey is very liberal with her hugs, kisses and back rubs (yes, my 1 year old gives back rubs now!) but now she has whole new ways of letting you know she is not happy. Cue the crying with the flailing arms, throwing her dinner on the floor when she's done, hitting her sippy cup out of your hand if it's offered to her etc etc. I know this isn't a sign of anything more than her hitting a new developmental stage and these are just her new ways of communicating but good grief! The best one has been whenever we say "no" to something, she literally giggles at us and then continues to do whatever she was doing. There's some major testing going on right now and with this last one it is so difficult not to laugh right along with her because she is so dang cute.

Drinking from her hippo pool...

I think my mom said it best on Audrey's birthday when she told me and Zack, "Now it really begins, you guys!"