She is Fierce...

Saw this image tonight, and it made me think of Izzy.  It was just today that I shared with Izzy's ECFE teacher that she is learning to really push Cooper's buttons:  she grabs his toys the second he turns his back (and runs three steps away until he SEES her with it to continue running further), she smacks him and screams, and she screams and screams and screams some more.  Sometimes they are mad screams, other times it seems as though she just likes the sound of her powerful, loud voice.  

If the tables get turned, what do you think she does.  Yep.  Screams!

The girl is a little half-pint, still small for her age, but she packs a lot of power in that little body.  Her little stinkin pig tails keep getting cuter, making it that much harder to get mad at her.  But she is fierce. 

She is a curious and fearless little thing.  She loves to get into things she shouldn't when mom or dad leave the room, then patiently wait until she's discovered to get a huge grin on that chubby-cheeked face.  Her current favorites are climbing onto kitchen chairs and standing up, climbing onto the rocking chair and hanging over the side for dear life, getting up on the couch to run back and forth, and sneaking up the stairs when we're playing in the basement.  

And although it doesn't fit with my post theme, I had to add a list of words Izzy is currently spouting out.  They don't come out perfectly, of course, but they are recognizable to us, and she uses them often!!

Momma

Dadda

Nu-nu (for Nuk)

rock

puppy

moo

woof

tweet

milk

wa-wa (for water)

Minnie (yep, like the mouse... great parenting moment: one of my child's first words is a cartoon character=I'm not exactly proud, but she sure is)

no

ya

kay (as in okay)

ball

juice

thank you

please

baby

nose

bubbles

poo-poo

Love ooh
bye-bye

pretties (for her pig tails or barrettes)

Wow, when I list them out, there are so many more than I thought.  

This early-words stage is SO much fun!!