Our Jaggar, The Escape Artist...

You love wearing your sisters dress up clothes :)

Jaggar,

I love you. You are so so special. You have the SWEETEST spirit about you. You love other kids, you get so excited to see people you love and you give the sweetest kisses. You LOVE your sister so much. You can't stand it when you see Mommy or Presley crying. You call Daddy "Bubba" and he LOVES that. The first thing that you ask for when you wake up is "Bubba?" and you do it with one eye that is scrunched up. It's the cutest thing and I hope I never forget that you did this. On Saturdays we go shopping with Nana and you are such a good boy. You hang out with the girls so well. :) You now can communicate with me a little better. You can tell me when you want a drink by saying "Bup" (cup). You don't like to have poop in your diaper, so you will go in your room and get me a diaper and bring it to me and tell me "poo poo out". (we just introduced the little potty to you this week, no luck yet, but it will come) When Mommy goes running at night, and I put my socks on, you want to be held by me because you know that I am going somewhere and you don't like it. Makes me feel so special....
You climb on EVERYTHING! You find new ways to get up on things, pull things down that you want, open drawers, doors...etc. I had to get the child safety door nob covers because you will go into a room and lock it. :(

With all of that being said....here is one thing that I don't love so much and that I was NOT ready for...

This week, you have discovered that you can hop right out of your crib and join us in the rest of the house at any time. Um, not ok. Presley did not do this until she was 2 years old...which I STILL didn't think was good. I knew in the back of my mind that you would do this soon, but I was just hoping that you would not figure it out...well, you did.

I was in the kitchen when I heard a door close. I was thinking that I must have left a door open and when the air kicked on, it closed it. So, I went and looked in all of the rooms (except YOURS, since I had just put you down for your nap) and everything was fine...
2 minutes later, YOU come walking into the kitchen carrying your blankie. I couldn't believe it. Did you really just do that? Are you really doing this at 20 months? Noooooooooo!

So, I am trying to be positive about this and think "Ok, this is a new stage in your life and we need to be thankful and go with it". (the key word is "trying)...

Although I don't always love the new stages right away, they always seem to lead to something better. I have LOVED the stages you have gone through Jaggar, and you have made mine, your "Bubba's" and your sisters lives so amazing. YOU completed this family and I can't wait to see what the next stage brings.

I love you,
Mama