17 Months

Hi everybody!!  Well, one month closer to my half birthday.  Can you believe it?  My hair is getting longer and longer and crazier and crazier.  I think it might be time for Mommy to figure out some sort of clip/pony tail situation because I'm starting to look crazy these days.

I've really started to say some new words in the last month and most of them have come along in the last week.  Mommy seems to remember that by 18  months Abby had a lot to say (she still does....) and I'm starting to catch up now.  Just yesterday I said "chee" for cheese and this morning I pointed to my Dollie's eye and said "eye".  I know lots of body parts now including head, ears, eyes, feet, belly and many more.  I'm getting better at going down the stairs (I've been great at up for a long time).  I love love love shoes.  But I also love love love taking them off (and my socks).  I don't keep them on for more than 2 minutes once Mommy puts them on.  But, my favorite thing to do is grab my sister's shoes, or Mommy's and walk around the house in them.

And, I'm an animal lover.  Much more than my sister ever was.  I meow for cat, do a cute little bark noise for dogs and love to look at my sisters fish.  I often try to hug the tank (or maybe try to pick it up off the table, it's hard to tell).  I love getting up on the stool to watch them swim around.  Maybe someday I can have a fishy tank in my room just like my big sister.

I eat just about everything and LOTS of it!  I'm very different from Abby in that way.  She's super picky but not me...I love everything and I'm always ready for a snack.  Hey, I'm a growing girl!  I wear size 12-18 months clothes and size 4 shoes.  Oh, and I almost forgot!  My new trick.  Daddy taught me it this morning.  I can "jump" now.  My feet don't actually ever leave the ground but I crouch down, and then I bounce up on my tippy toes.  It's quite adorable, if I do say so myself.

16 months

Mommy's posting a few days late because things have been crazy busy around here lately.  We had Halloween on Monday (I was a dinosaur and so was Abby) and Mommy was in Texas for work through Wednesday.  Not a lot new to report around here these days.  I've gotten a few more teeth since I last checked in....I'm up to 8 now and Mommy thinks there may be a few more coming because my hands are ALWAYS in my mouth.

This "on the verge of tears" face I'm making in this picture pretty much sums up my days.  I'm not sure why, but I'm sort of a grump these days.  Whenever Mommy is around I'm crying or pulling on her legs unless she's holding me.  She says it's cute for awhile, but her back hurts!  I'm still eating really well....I like everything!  Mommy took bottles away from me this month which sort of made me mad, but I'm over it now.  At least I still have my pacis!

I have a handful of words that others can understand and another set that I repeat for things like "ga" means "ball" or "dog" so I'm getting there.  I can point to my belly, ears and mouth.  We're working on eyes, butt and toes next.  I understand simple commands like "go get your shoes" or "close the door" so Mommy thinks real words can't be far behind!

This month's fabric came from my Mom's cousin, Karen.  She lives in Colorado and she wrote me the sweetest little note to go along with the fabric.  She says she hopes that I grow up to love music as much as she does.  Daddy thinks I might be his little music girl because he says I at least have rhythm...which Mommy and Abby don't.