The Grays: Crazy Quinners

This little girl is so crazy these days. She has so much energy and cannot get it all out no matter how much she runs around and climbs everything in sight. She learned to walk (finally!) at 16 months old and hasn't looked back since. Within days, she was a pro and has only gotten faster each day.

She is such a monkey. Her favorite thing to do is climb and I find her on top of new things every day. Unfortunately, I don't have too many pictures of that because it is usually not the safest place and I am running to get her down instead of snapping a picture. She loves to run away from us in stores and public places and when we go on walks.

Her favorite things these days include trying to sit in every little container and bucket she finds, dancing, loving on her big teddy bear more than anything, being outside, finding all of her headbands and either carrying them around or making me put them on her head, watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (which she will adamantly repeat "TOOOOO" for toodles until you put it on the tv or iphone), reading books, and talking...she NEVER stops jabbering.

She knows who Dada is now and always yells "Dada!" when she sees a picture of him, she will bring me her shoes and perfectly say, "Shoe! Shoe!" until I put it on, then she will walk to the door and start knocking on it and saying "Bye Bye" until I take her outside. She would live outside if she could. She knows where her eyes and nose are and can say "Eye" and "Noo". She says "wa wa" when she wants a drink of anything. She always points to my belly button and says "Baby". She will say "no no no" and wave her little finger when she knows she's doing something she shouldn't be. And she says "uh oh" all the time. She also barks whenever she hears or sees a dog (and she loves dogs).

She just barely started getting scared of things and it is actually hilarious! It might make us bad parents, but sometimes Nate and I do things to scare her just because her reaction is so funny! When she gets scared she will freeze and her eyes get realllllyy big. Then without moving a muscle, she shifts her little eyes back and forth, like she's looking for an escape without being noticed or something. Only once has she been so scared that she continued this for literally a couple of minutes and then started crying. Usually she just has shifty eyes for a minute or two and then will slowly come over to me to hold her. It is seriously one of the funniest things I have ever seen her do. So far she has done this after watching a near life size stuffed football player sing and dance in front of her (this is the only one that has made her cry), when she hears the blender or the mixer, and when certain strangers have tried to hold her.

She is the absolute BEST sleeper these days! I was worried our trip to Colorado would mess up her sleeping schedule, but she has been amazing since getting home. She goes down between 7:00 and 8:00 at night, usually doesn't wake up at all throughout the night but every now and then will when she can't find her binky and we just have to go in and find it for her and she goes right back to sleep, and then sleeps until about 9:00 every morning (sometimes 9:30 or 10:00!) and then still takes a 2-3 hour nap in the middle of the day. I am loving this stage and soaking up every single day that it lasts.

I just started taking her binky from her during all times except naptime or bedtime this week and she has been totally fine with it. She is so busy playing and running around that she doesn't even notice it's gone until she gets tired and cranky. I don't plan on taking it during her sleeping times for awhile longer so I'm very happy with that.

Quinn is still SUCH a good little girl. Although she is crazy, I love the energy that she has and the independence that is in her. She just wants to let her little personality shine and explore absolutely everything in the world around her. I am constantly just smiling and laughing while watching her. She is my little peanut and I just cannot get enough of her!