"i talk a lot!"

that's what josh and i heard when mia took a break from her constant chatter the other night. she was jabbering on and on and on and on (per usual) while josh and i were having our own conversation and then she paused (which shocked us both) and then told us "i talk a lot!" and immediately went back to the jabbering. i don't think josh and i have shared a laugh like that in a long long time.

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"who broke it?" her latest question. if we come across something that she's done she'll ask us. if we come across something she doesn't think should be like it is she'll ask us. and sometimes? well sometimes she'll just ask us for no apparent reason. of course.

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"where's (fill in the blank)?" where's daddy (she asks josh)? or mia (she asks anyone)? and on and on until we've all been accounted for.

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"my uncle ben" mia found a photo of my youngest brother when he was in 1st grade (he's a senior in high school now, HI, BEN!) and has been carrying nit around with her insisting that it's her uncle ben and that she has to talk to him. all. the. time. unfortunately uncle ben is a teenager which means that he's either never home or sleeping. hee.

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and just because we haven't talked about it for a while...POOP! mia's been pooping almost every day for over a week now. without crying! it's taken a year but i think she might finally be rounding the corner on her fear and trouble with the pooping. thank the lord! she's even just gone ahead and pooped without warning or mention 3 times while she was on the toilet peeing. i know that some of you might be thinking "so what? my kid poops all damned day without telling me." well ours doesn't. ours cries. goes 2-4 days between poops and hasn't pooped in her diaper (besides last month when she was sick) in a year. it's exciting times at our house. viva la poop!