How could I have forgotten?

This is not my first time in the 18 month old camp. So how did I forget the movement and messes? The constant, never-tiring-until-dropping, unrelenting movement that results in frequent and hair-pulling messes.

This is what A did around my feet while I wrapped presents.

This is NOT what it looked like when I started. And there used to be a lamp in that corner.

This is what she was doing at the moment I had my camera.

That basket used to be in a drawer in my bathroom. A drawer I cleaned and organized YESTERDAY!!

Since I started this post, she has gotten into the potatoes, run around like a headless chicken, pulled dishes out of the bottom drawer, begged for milk and water and is currently playing with a toy shopping cart. HOW DOES SHE DO IT?!