Milestones

So when Alexis was first born, she had a new milestone every couple of days, but she is getting a bit older now and only meets one every couple of weeks, which is still pretty impressive huh? But I thought I would blog today about the milestones Lexi has hit in the last couple of weeks. The cutest milestone is we can now get her hair into 2 cute little pigtails...of course just the fact that I can get them in her hair doesn't necessarily mean they stay in her hair. So we drop her off at nursery with the cutest little hair do, and then pick her up with her hair sticking out all over the place and the nursery leader hands me the rubber bands...well, she'll learn right?
The next milestone she hit this week was going down the 'big' slide at the Artic Circle. In the winter we have to hit up all the fast food joints for play lands since we can't go to the real playground in the snow. Our favorite is Artic Circle, not necessarily because we like the food, but the play land is just the right size for her, and there arn't too many other big kids there. So we've been frequenting Artic Circle for months, and she loves the smaller slides, and climbing the stairs, but it wasn't just until this last week that she went all the way down the big tube slide. We were so proud! Funny how something so simple makes parents smile right?
The last thing Lexi is now doing, is hitting...that's right, she's a hitter. Which I'm really glad she's not a biter, but I'm not proud of her for hitting either. When she doesn't get what she wants, she screams like the devil and hits whatever is around, whether it be mom, dad, or the wall. It really gets me wondering where kids get this stuff, I don't go around hitting her, or Matt, or the wall for that matter. And why is it that she can't just trust me not to play with scissors, or grab for a hot stove, why does it make her so angry she has to hit? Just goes to show the free agency and independence the children come with. So Lexi is learning a lot of about time out these days, and in her defence, she is only 19 months! I have to say, some milestones are more fun then others :)