Most of the time, Megan drives me absolutely crazy with all her fussing and whining. But then she'll decide to be a cute little darling and impress me with her brains or good behavior. Sometimes I think her saving grace is her cuteness. Maybe that's what it is to have a daughter.
Megan is getting more and more girly. She used to hate getting dressed and still fights me every time I try to do her hair (to the point that I've considered cutting it so it doesn't need to be fixed every day). But we've found a loophole in her defiance: she loves to be pretty. We tell her how pretty she'd look with her hair done or her nails painted (which requires clipping before painting). And now changing her clothes is a piece of cake. After she's dressed, she often says "Go show Daddy." This came about from me showing her off to her daddy when she didn't really want to wear something originally but then loved it after Daddy praised her. Hence, she loves to wear her Sunday dresses and her pretty shoes.
A couple years ago, I might notice how well a 2-year-old spoke or how big their vocabulary was, and I would tell the parents how impressed I was. They'd give me a strange look as if every 2-year-old could speak so well. At the time, I always felt embarrassed after giving such a compliment, and even more embarrassed that my then-3-year-old couldn't speak. And I'd get frustrated with a parent who complained that their toddler would never shut up; I thought "what I wouldn't give for my child to be a chatterbox, using real words!" And now I have just that! She never ceases to amaze me with her articulation and her understanding of words. I have to be very careful of what I say; if I say a favorable word in a sentence to Rex (like park, cookie, library, or go), her ears perk up and she asks for it. Although her constant "why?" or "what are you doing?" questions sometimes get on my nerves, I wouldn't trade it for anything!
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