Miss Independent

Well, the sweetest baby ever has started exhibiting signs of (gasp!) toddler defiance.  Charlotte has been playful about shaking her head "no" for months but now saying "no" is her way of becoming little Miss Independent.  We hear "No!" a lot and all of a sudden here I am, back with another Defiant Toddler, party of one.

Cate and I caught Charlotte today in her latest act of defiance.  We had been trying to teach her colors by putting out a bunch of colored balls on the floor and asking her to pick them up by color.  Charlotte was doing really well--she could easily identify red, green, blue, and her favorite, purple.  But then she was over it and refused to continue with us:

Oh well, I think she is still pretty sweet even when she is saying "no."