17 months updates

You laugh every time something falls.

You seriously never meet a stranger... for example you wanted random people to hold you at the mall.

You shake your booty when you walk...you aren't doing it to be sassy...Grandmomma Dean walks this way too!

You smile all the time!!!

You are so happy!

When you want something bad you do a funny smile with your bottom teeth on top of your top!

You rode the carousel at the mall!

You can wink!

You can tell and show us how old you are!

You can tell us where Jesus lives...you point and look up to Heaven and you pat your heart! 

When we say we love you "this" much you stretch your arms out!

You and daddy have a ball in the bath! He lets the water run the whole time and you love to fill your bucket and dump it out!

You get your feelings hurt so easy...it hurts us more to discipline you than you...but it's part of being a parent!!

You put your hands over your mouth and laugh!

You have started squealing really loud, but we have had to teach you not to when the baby is sleeping!

You have started cutting your eyes when we tell you not to do something...uh oh!!!

You say uh um when you drop something.

You play all the time.

You can count, but you don't say the number...you just make a noise that sounds like one, two, three.

You back up to us when you want to sit in our lap.

You enjoy screwing on the tops to any bottle.

You can turn on our phone and scroll the lock button over and play on it.

When you can't do something you get frustrated and start to cry...we are trying to teach you not to cry and just keep trying to figure it out instead of doing it for you!

When Lai is sleeping you put your finger up to your mouth and say shhh!

You try to put on shirt and pants and socks on

You are getting so big....you are doing so many "big girl" things and we are having so much fun with you!!! Daddy and I keep saying this is our favorite age, but we have said that your whole life! We look at each other and say, she is so sweet, she is so smart, she is so pretty, she is so funny, she is a mess, she is so perfect....about 100 times a day! We are CRAZY in love with you!!! We are so blessed to be your Mommy and Daddy and we thank Jesus for you every day!

Love always,

Mommy and Daddy

And I just had to add that you look so much like your mommy it is crazy!