(32 Months) - 2 Years and 8 Months Old

The Bean just keeps truckin' along at this growing up thing, with months passing us by. She continues to be a baby nyudist, stripping down to her duh-duh-duh-duh's anytime she's at home. But also, about 98% of her clothes are just too small. That's what she'll be asking Santa for this year. She's still obsessed with "deer in my campsite." Her favorite song is Caspar Babypants "Run Baby Run." She loves to play music with her daddy and host periodic concerts. She's reading Little Bear, Danny and the Dinosaur, and Sammy the Seal. She's in "school" just down the road at Vermont Hills daycare at St. Luke's  on Monday's and Tuesday's with Teacher Josh and Teacher Katie. On Wednesdays' Beebee (my dad) comes over to hang out with her, and helps with childcare coverage for times I pick up extra work. The past few Friday's she's hung out with Logan and Max at Shanon's house so that Rach and I can teach our "Talk With Me" class through West Linn PRD. We are bribing her with marbles if she stays in her own bed throughout the night; she gets two marbles to put in a jar if she stays in her bigkidbed, one marble if she sleeps in her sleeping bag on the floor in our room, and no marbles if she indeed climbs into bed with us. Once her marble jar is full, she'll get an "ice cweam date!!!" She says funny shit all the time, but I haven't been great about writing it down this month. ("I blessed on the floor"; "I want a brofer. His name be Horsie! Or Marley.") She dressed as a dog for Halloween and enjoyed trick-or-treating in Multnomah Village and in our neighborhood, although she still doesn't understand that she isn't in fact collecting candy for her daddy (separate blog post). Sadly, she's started pronouncing "stool" correctly, and I find myself saying "stoof," because I'm sad to see it go.

Every morning when I put on my makeup she sits on the counter to keep me company and puts chapstick all over her bare legs.

This is one of Alex's favorite photos, from when they were at the Children's Museum together and she painted her face.

Girlfriend loves bookstores and libraries.

Chocolate banana pancakes with Shanon.

Housebreaking the puppy.

Happy "Howl"oween.

Did you cast your vote? Weed passed in Oregon.

Mama and Bean on a sunny Gabriel Park flamily walk.

Coffee date at Maplewood Coffee.

Always the nyudist. Even in public.

Definitely a daddy's girl. And already obsessed with her Xmas PJs.

Toddlers are hard work. But nothing is sweeter than when they are sleeping peacefully.

The weather has turned. It's downright frigid for Portland standards.

BFF apple time. These monkeys make my Friday's fabulous.

Francine and Logan.

Max and Francine.

Someone got a haircut. From squirrel's nest to baby braid. And now she's obsessed with conditioner.

"I'm just hangin' with my brofers. Charlies and Iris."