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Isabell is trying to be  a toddler, and grow out of the pleasant babyhood that we’ve enjoyed for the past 11.5 months.  Yesterday she got to spend some time at the neighbor’s house, and then we all played together outside for a few hours.  She is so cute when she wants to be a big kid! She practiced her walking with the 5 year old next door, and rode in the little tikes car, and played on the scooter and with the chalk.  The toy she found the most exciting was the big wheels with large bells hanging off of the handles.  She went up to the garage with Nancy and got on it by herself, and walked herself out of the garage and down the driveway.  She drove onto the grass and play with the bells while I talked with some of the other mom’s that were outside.  She was so very very sweet and excited to share the bike experience with me.  Then she chose to get off the bike, and the 2 year old wanted a turn; she was all ready with a helmet on and everything.  She got on and started to ride away and oh my goodness!  Did Isabell complain!  She cried and pouted and pointed to the bike and gave me a look of “how can you let her take the bike mommy?!?”  So we said our turn was all done, it was Joy’s turn, and we said bye b to the bike (Which she did…waved and said byebye).  Then she immediatly pushed away from me, screamed, and pointed at the bike again.  We went though sharing again, and saying byebye  to the bike.  But alas, more screaming.  So I asked if she wanted to go home to finish crying, and she pointed to the house.  So while still crying as if she were being swung by her toes, she said byebye to the neighbors and we started toward the house; where she promptly got quiet and happy and squealed when she saw her own toys.

We’re in for it now!  The toddler is in the house!