Independence

I knew that Eva would want to do things on her own and want to be independent when she became a toddler, but i don't think that I was quite prepared for it to actually happen to me. Sure I've tried to teach her things and encourage her to grow, but I didn't expect her to not want me to be a part of certain activities.

A couple of months ago Eva decided that she didn't want us to read to her anymore. She wanted to sit by herself - not on our laps - and "read" independently. If we chose to sit next to her that was fine. Well the other day when Eva was strapped into her car seat while waiting for Justin to get off work she let me read her the Three Little Pigs and now is wanting us to read to her all the time again! YAY!

When its time to eat now that Eva has some novice spoon and fork skills she will fight with us to not let us feed her EVER!

I want to empower her, but man...she is only 19 months. I hope she still do stuff for her and with her when she's 10.