i seem to have misplaced my daughter!

have you seen her?

she is full of life. she is happy and funny. she loves to sing and dance. she is proud of herself for every accomplishment. she is beautiful and has the most amazing blue eyes i have ever seen. she loves to read books. she loves to dress up. she makes my heart skip a beat while i watch her sleep. she readily shares with her friends. she listens to mommy and daddy and rarely needs time outs.

recently, she's gone missing. instead, i have an ornery, stubborn, independent and absolutely pain in the butt toddler on my hands. this one loves to argue. she ignores me. she refuses to go to sleep. she tests every limit that is presented to her. she climbs on furniture and pulls things off the walls. she tears all the wallpaper off of her bedroom walls. she repeatedly bangs her spoon on the dining room table so hard that it is permanently indented with spoon shaped marks. she finds black pens and bangs them into the dining room table so hard that it has black puncture marks all over it. she pees her pants despite the fact that she knows how to go in the potty. this child cannot share. this child grabs toys from her friends and pushes them. she does exactly the thing that she knows she's not supposed to do, while watching me and smiling. she is destructive and thinks it funny when we get upset about her breaking something.

so, if you see kaia, please tell her that her mommy is looking for her. tell her that i really really miss her. and while i appreciate her need for developing her independence and autonomy, it's definitely taking it's toll on this exhausted momma.

in other news, layla is doing wonderful. at least it's nice of them to take turns driving their mother to the insane asylum!