five things i love about arrow.

when it comes to finding things i love about arrow, i do not struggle. i mean, look at her, she's adorable, brilliant & hilarious. however, it's so hard to narrow it down to just five! plus, with my favorite things about her changing all the time, i should document them every once and a while so i can one day remember them all, here we go!

O N E. 

right now she is really into putting diapers and onesies onto all of her stuffed animals. she even sometimes goes as far as clips in their hair, hats on their heads & socks on their feet. I'm hoping i can keep her satisfied with stuffed animals until its barbie doll time & we can just skip the whole baby doll phase, because lets get real, baby dolls give me the creeps.

T W O.

 i taught her how to fist bump in her carseat. i know I'm not from the jersey shore & i pray to God she never knows who snooki is, but when the time comes for a dance party and you're strapped into a safety 1st 5-point harness, a raging fist bump is really all you can do anyways. i always try to film it, but the music we're jamming to is on my phone.. oh, and I'm usually driving. chris brown: forever, is her song of the moment. circa 2007, but does it really ever get old?

T H R E E.

she is a repeater. i am pretty sure it's just a natural phase of toddler-hood, but i feel like she might have an even more serious case of the repeats. let me clarify. "done. I'm done. done. do-ne. don-e. done. rowrowDONE. done. done. mama, done. done, mama. done done."  arrow, are you done? i think you might be done. it sounds annoying; its not. its precious. sometimes, i just let her go on and on about being done or wanting to go 'wiiiing' (swing) outside because she sounds so sweet & i can't believe she's talking.

F O U R.

her ponytail, can officially be a top knot now. clips and bows be gone! i'm sure by now you have seen pictures of her infamous sprout across all my social media outlets (insert a billion heart eyes emoji) - but what you haven't seen is the aftermath. about three hours into her updo, she will realize her hair is up & want to take it out. you go girl. one second she's arrow, the next she is the villain from the incredibles. hair blown up and out in all directions. hilarious. oh, and before we get off the topic of her hair, her bed head, top notch people. top. notch.

F I V E.

she has always been independent & becomes even more so with each passing day, but my favorite, favorite thing about her right now is that in midst of all this changing and growing, she still needs her mama. she still needs me to put her to sleep every night, her heavy head on my chest until i tuck her in and say the same prayer over her that i have since the day she was born. she comes running to me when she is scared or hurt; & whether i hear it through the monitor or she has made her way into bed with grant & i during the night, her first word in the morning is always, mama. my favorite title. i am the luckiest woman in the whole world to have someone as wonderful as her need me, just as much as i need her. God certainly knew what he was doing when he put us together. 

happy monday! spend today thinking about all the reasons you love the people around you & then go and tell them! you never know whose day you could turn around by reminding them how great they are!