A day in the life of a 14 month old....

Sarah is a busy little girl. When she is old enough to read this, I thought she may appreciate a summary of what her typical day was like when she was 14 months old.

6:45 Ok....I'm awake...where is everybody??? I must scream at the top of my lungs until they come to get me.

6:46 Clearly not screaming loud enough, I now must throw all of my stuff out of my cage.

6:47 Hey- you- over in the bed telling me to be quiet- why don't you get up and let me out of here????

6:50 Well- finally- there is that mom person, I must continue to scream and cry until she gets me out of here just in case she thought she could try and lay me back down.

6:51 Alright, new diaper time. After she gets this wet one off of me, I am going to make my break for it. Ok...here I go, screaming must commence and I must twist around and try to muscle my way out of here.

6:52 Damn, didn't work, guess I'll wear this dumb diaper again.

6:55 Ok, food time. I love this part. As soon as mom puts me in my chair I will immediately start banging on the tray and hollering. This makes her go faster. Ah....milk and oatmeal, yum.

7:00 It seems I can't get out of this chair yet. Mom has given me those round crunchy treats that I like so much. Ok, I'll sit here and eat. Oh, here comes the dog- he looks very hungry. One for me, one for Jazz, one for me, one for Jazz.....

7:15 Finally, I am let out of the chair. Now I must scream and beg for more food while Alex and Anna try to eat their breakfast. Oh- yogurt- Alex let me have a little taste, now I will stand by his chair and holler at him continuously until he feeds me. I love my brother.

7:30 Bath time. I'm taking a bath with Anna today. Yipeee- I get to splash water all over her. I have learned to crawl into the bathtub by myself. Someone keeps shutting the door though so I don't get to do this very often.

7:50 Time to get dressed. Again, I will squirm and wrestle while mom tries to pin me down and dress me. Boy, she is strong. Guess I'll wear this stupid looking outfit with the cat on it. Why must they make me look so ridiculous? She really shouldn't have bothered with the socks because as soon as she lets me go, I will be taking these off and shoving them in the first thing I see.

8:15 Oh yes- Anna left our bedroom door open again. I now proceed to take out all of the clothes from my dresser and bring them to mom. She is trying to do something in the kitchen. I'm such a big helper!

8:45 time for Alex and Anna to leave. I will help by taking all of their stuff and hiding it in various places around the house.

9:00 I have the house to myself. Now, where is that dog. I must chew on his bone and torment him by waving it in front of his face. Damn, mom took it away already.

9:10 time for the morning carbon monoxide test. When I push the button on this little white box in the wall, it screams louder than me! Then I scream and cry and the dog whines. Mom comes and shuts it off and mumbles something about how I never seem to learn.

9:30 Nap time. Ok, paci and soft pink blankey- where are you? We must turn on the sleep sheep and snuggle into our cage.

12:00 Ok- I'm awake and still trapped in this cage. HELLOOOOO!! Oh good, there's dad. Get me out of here!

12:15 Clean diaper time again, repeat previous routine.

12:20 LUNCH- yum yum. I love to suck on my food and then spit it out, spread it all over my tray and then lick it up like a dog. Boy, this is fun.

12:45 Ok- while I was napping, daddy left his glass of water on the end table. Here I come, water. Oh- that was cold! Now mommy is coming with a towel and mumbling something about how I create more laundry than anyone she knows. Oh well, at least I don't have to wear the dumb outfit with the cat anymore. Onto the one with the giraffe- so much better.

1:00 Ok, someone forgot to put up the gate to the kitchen, I love this cupboard full of toys. Even better is it is right next to the bowl of dog water. I think I'll help by rinsing them all off in the water.

1:10 Busted- out of the kitchen I go. That's ok, seems like daddy forgot to shut the snack cupboard, I'll just take out a few snacks for me and the dog.

1:15 Sorry Jazz- we weren't fast enough, they have taken them away again.

1:20 Ok, I guess I'll play with my toys for awhile.

1:21 All done- onto better things. Oh, here's mommy's cell phone, wonder who I should call today?

1:25 I'm so proud of myself- I can climb onto my rocking chair all by myself. Ooops, over I go, why does my head seem to hurt all the time???

1:35 Daddy is in the kitchen banging around pots and pans. I want to join him, but these dumb gates are too high. Instead I will just stand at the gate shaking it and screaming as loud as I can. If that doesn't work, I will shove all of my toys through the bars on the gate.

2:00 Cartoons- what are those? Ok, I've lost interest

2:01 Nap time again. Good thing because I am getting tired!

3:30 Ok, up again- let me out of this cage!

3:35 Diaper changing- repeat above.

3:40 Snack time. I think today I should like a bowl of small round crunchy treats so I can leave a trail of them all over the house. Jazz really likes snack time. I like it too- when you step on the treats they make a cool sound and the powder that sticks to your feet feels funny.

4:00 Ok, Alex and Anna are home. I will stand at the door and holler at them until they come in. Then I will go through their backpacks and rip up all the hard work they have done today.

4:30 Alex and I are playing shooting. I smack Alex in the face with my toy gun. I am really good at this. Oh look- someone left the bathroom door open- oh yes! Shoot- I'm all wet again and mommy says if I need a new outfit, it's pajamas for me this time.

5:00 Dinner time! During dinner I usually scream the loudest. They try to feed me my food, but I just spit it out and scream unless they feed me their food on their forks. Alex sits next to me. He says I give him a headache.

5:30 Anna wants to play babies with mommy. I want to play with mommy. I follow mommy around crying and pulling on her pants until she picks me up. Ha ha Anna.

6:00 Story time. Alex takes out his book from school and starts reading it. I take it away and try to rip the pages. I always have to get off the couch during story time. Guess I'll see what the dog is doing. Oh- he's eating dinner and someone forgot to put the gate up. Well, I share my food with him, so I'm sure he won't mind. Yummy......oh no, mommy took it away and washed out my mouth.

6:30 Time for pajamas. This is it- this time, they will not stop me. As soon as that diaper comes off, I'm outta here.

6:45 I lost, again. Ok, where is my blankey? Now I get to have this crazy little brush shoved into my mouth and rubbed against those 2 little sharp things in my mouth. My mom is really weird!

7:00 Good night- I am exhausted!!!