a morning in the life of millie - 20 months old

7:50 - Sitting up in the crib. Too much work... back down.
7:55 - Ok I can stay up now... klonk.
8:00 - No really, I'm up now.
8:02 - On the potty. Yes I want a carob chip, no, I don't want to potty.
8:03 - Crying because no potty = no carob.
8:05 - Diapered and rocking with mama. Time for a book.
8:07 - Now I need a new book.
8:09 - New book.
8:10 - Surely we have a better book than this? "Want Veggie Tales."
8:15 - I'd like to order my usual, yogurt with a side of whatever cold cereal Mama's eating.
8:18 - I can get the spoon to my mouth, but somewhere between the bowl and my mouth the cereal keeps jumping ship. "Mama help."
8:20 - It looks so easy. "Millie do it."
8:21 - "Mama help."
8:22 - "Millie do it."
8:23 - "Mama help."
8:30 - Chewy vitamin? "Yes please!"
8:31 - "All done"
8:32 - "Want Veggie Tales."
8:33 - Mama has found some tantalizing toy for me to play with while she cleans up!
8:40 - "Want Veggie Tales."
8:41 - Ooh, I can take the tantalizing toy upstairs to play with while Mama showers!
8:50 - The longer Mama is in the shower, the less tantalizing this toy is.
8:51 - "Want Veggie Tales."
8:55 - Ooh, "Mama bra. Mama panties. Mama pants. Mama shirt. Millie jammies."
8:56 - "Millie want panties."
8:58 - "No potty. All done. No try"
9:00 - "Millie diaper."
9:01 - "Want Veggie Tales."
9:02 - Mama carry me down stairs. I don't want to go on my tummy. Or on my bottom. "Mama carry."
9:03 - But I don't want to walk down. "Mama carry."
9:04 - Come on, can we compromise? I went down 4 stairs. "Mama carry."
9:05 - But I went down 3 more. "Maaaammmmaa carrrrryyyyy."
9:06 - <Insert crying fit here.>
9:08 - Fine. I'll slide on my bottom. But I won't be happy about it.
9:09 - "Want Veggie Tales."
9:10 - Yay! Veggie Tales!
9:20 - This silly song does not hold my attention. "What doing Mama?"
9:35 - "More Tales."
9:36 - Something else to do? Like what?
9:37 - Pushing Elmo around in the stroller. Wait, he's not buckled in. "Mama buckle."
9:38 - "Mama buckle off."
9:39 - Oops, he fell out. "Mama buckle."
9:40 - "Mama buckle off."
9:42 - *Making amazing artwork from simple copy paper and crayons.
9:44 - Do these things work on the table?
9:45 - Do these work on the wall?
9:46 - What do you mean I'm done? I'm not done!
9:47 - "More colors."
9:48 - <Insert crying fit here.>
9:51 - Hugging Frafra (stuffed giraffe) makes everything better. So does biting his face. "Mmmmmaaaafff."
9:55 - "Want snack."
10:00 - Crackers and Veggie Tales. Now this is the life.
10:05 - Veggie Tales looses it's appeal when the crackers run out.
10:06 - I love this part!
10:14 - Hey wait a minute, where did Mama go? "Maaaaaaama!"
10:15 - How can you do dishes now? Larry Boy is about to find out the monster is a lie!
10:21 - "Sit with Mama."
10:22 - What, it's just an elbow.
10:23 - My knees have to bend that way.
10:24 - My foot isn't IN your belly, Mama.
10:25 - Why do I have to sit in another seat?
10:32 - That's over. What now?
10:33 - Why yes, I'd just LOVE to read a book.
10:34 - Nope, not that one.
10:35 - No, not that one.
10:36 - Let's do something else.
10:37 - What do I want to do? "I no know."
10:38 - Woah, we have lots of exiting toys upstairs!
10:45 - These toys are all boring.
10:46 - Blocks? Why yes, I'd love to build a tower with you Mama!
10:49 - It was simply too high and needed to be knocked down.
10:51 - "All done blocks."
10:52 - "Downstairs."
10:53 - "Mama carry."
10:54 - But I don't want to go down myself. "Mama carry."
10:55 - Ok, I went down 3 stairs, was that enough? "Mama carry."
10:56 - <Insert crying fit here.>
11:00 - It's time to call Papa? Ok, I'll come downstairs now.
11:01 - "Hi Papa."
11:02 - But pushing buttons is fun, Mama, I don't want to stop.
11:03 - "Papa at work."
11:04 - *Walking around with phone to ear not talking, just listening.
11:08 - No you can't have the phone back. "Millie talk."
11:09 - I didn't mean 'talk' as in verbalizing.
11:12 - "Bye bye Papa!"
11:13 - Not even 2 and I already have chores. At least they're fun! *Helping Mama put wet laundry in the dryer.
11:16 - Here Mama, I'll help you fold that. And that. And that...
11:18 - Oh, I thought it was a tower that you wanted me to knock down.
11:21 - I thought it was just the stack of shirts I couldn't knock down. My bad. Here, I'll help you pick all the towels back up.
11:26 - Ooh, I basket of folded laundry, for me? What do you mean stay out of it? But...
11:27 - A trip to the mail box! I'll get my shoes!
11:28 - I don't know where my shoes are.
11:30 - Why walk when you can dance?
11:31 - I'll put the letter in, Mama. "Millie do it."
11:33 - "Push Elmo."
11:34 - *Pushes Elmo down the walkway, turns around and comes back. Without the stroller.
11:35 - "Mama get it."
11:36 - Fine, I'll get Elmo. He needs to be buckled anyway.
11:38 - "Mama buckle it."
11:39 - "Mama buckle off."
11:40 - "Mama buckle."
11:45 - "Want ball."
11:47 - *Watches the ball roll off. "Mama get it."
11:51 - "All done outside. Go inside."
11:53 - "Shoes off."
11:55 - "Want snack."
11:56 - I don't want lunch, I want snack.
12:03 - "Dear Jesus. Thank you food. Amen."
12:04 - Mmmm, cheese stick!
12:09 - Why would I eat both pieces of bread together? Then I'd have to eat the peanut butter AND the jelly at the same time.
12:10 - Jam side first...
12:14 - ...Then the peanut butter side.
12:19 - Strawberries!
12:24 - "More stwabewwees please!"
12:29 - "All done!"
12:32 - No! Not the mouth! Wipe anything but my mouth!
12:35 - Going upstairs.
12:37 - "Potty!" Yes! Scored a carob chip!
12:40 - "Night night, Mama." *Gives kiss.
*Millie now wiggles for 10-20 minutes, not unlike a furry animal trying to find JUST the right spot. After she's found it, with Frafra under one arm and Dolly under the other, she is asleep. Nap time (aka Mama break time) begins.