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Oh what a year and a half it has been with this little lady! And because I'm a sucker for comparisons... My sweet girl. She is the definition of sugar and spice, and I love every ounce of her. Since I haven't really captured much about her lately, here it goes: Annabel is a full-fledged toddler, climbing chairs to reach light switches, running around outdoors, wanting to walk up the stairs with minimal help, ordering us around, refusing to follow the rules, throwing some pretty epic tantrums... my baby is no more. She still loves to carry things in her hands. She will pick up just about anything in sight (remotes, a sock, paper, toys) and carry them around. If she finds another item she wants to grab, she piles everything up in one arm against her chest so she can grab it with the other hand. Then it all spills and she tries again. If you give her a bowl with crackers, she will fit every last cracker in her hand immediately and then nibble at them as she...

And just like that, my baby is no longer a baby. What what?? This had to have been the faster year in the history of my time on Earth. Although many (MANY) of the nights felt like the longest, and not because I was in glorious slumber, the time did go fast. Timehop is now reminding me of newborn photos that I posted a year ago and my heart is aching a little for that time back. Of course, those photos don't reflect the agony I was in with breastfeeding a baby with a tongue tie, or the tears I shared with my children when both of them were wailing for me at the same time. Truth be told, I am happy to be out of the newborn/little baby phase ONLY because of that hard stuff. The snuggles, the baby wearing, the sweet smell, the milestones, staying where you leave them...it was lovely. But the hard stuff was hard. So I'm ready to see what's next! In her final month of her first year, Annabel finally became mobile. She's a pro at crawling and climbing stairs, as ...