Sweet little miss continues to grow, learn, change....here are a few highlights about her this month!
-LOTS of new vocab this month! I know I haven't done a thorough job of writing them all down, but a few are: Maggie, blankie (bay-ee), apple, yes!, button, airplane, down, knock knock, grandpa, strawberries (her version!), out, open, cute! (I figured this one out while I was shopping. I was holding her and every time I pulled something out away from the rack to look closer, she would say something. Finally I figured out she was saying "cute!"...I must say this a lot for her to pick it up!), pumpkin (her version), BITE!!! (demanding and loud!), belly, sorry (she likes to "hit", which is really just a little pat, so we have her say sorry to Bubba or us if she does this. It's so funny, though, because half the time she volunteers "thank you" instead. She gets the 2 confused:), cheese (she says it when we get the camera out-over and over!), go go!, sock, rock (like a rocking chair), walk.
-The other morning she was playing out in the living room, and I walked in and sat by her. She looked at me, said "nana", put her hand to her mouth to sign "eat" and them pointed to the kitchen. It felt like a lot of clear communication! I knew exactly what she wanted!
-She used to shake her head "yes" for every question we'd ask her. That's changed. Now everything is "no"...not in a defiant way-I think it's just her word of choice right now! She always shakes her head at the same time and is pretty serious about it. It makes us laugh!
-She loves to hold hands to pray, and gets the biggest kick out of us saying "amen" and letting go of hands. Oftentimes she will want to hold hands immediately again, say amen, and let go. She also babbles along to Henry's song or prayer he's saying.
-She is so loving, and will give lots of hugs and kisses to all 3 of us, plus any family or friends when we prompt her to. When we put her to bed at night, we stand and sing a song or two with her blankie (which she has really started to love recently btw) around her and her paci in. She always snuggles in right away with her head down on us the whole time. Several different times mid-song, Steven has said she will raise up, pull her paci out of her mouth, and give him a kiss, them put it back in and lay her head back down all on her own! Melts our hearts! So sweet!
-She doesn't see much TV, but when she happens to see one of Henry's shows on for a minute, she loves it and raises up on her knees and just points and talks and talks. She gets quite animated! She still loves to play with a wipe. She will pretend to clean things. I can distract her easily by giving her a wipe. Both kids are this way! So funny. She gets the biggest kick out of Elmo. She's never seen the show, but he is on her toothpaste and she just stares and talks to him and tries to say "Elmo". Henry has a pair of PJ's with Elmo on them, and she squealed and laughed when she saw them. Funny when reactions are not taught like that. She has started to ride with Henry around in his motorized Jeep and it is so cute. She looks like such a big kid, and she will laugh and wave. She loves the wind blowing in her hair, the radio buttons, and the buckle. She doesn't try to get out and fusses when they stop!
-She's learned she likes ketchup (ugg!), and so now she fusses to use it when Henry has it out (which is quite often-it's how we get him to eat a lot of different things!). This is WAY too early for my liking. If only she weren't so persistent!
-She still gets so excited about Facetime, and just this month she has really started showing off. She will want to go get her blankie and show it, she points to bubba, mama, etc and says each one. She's trying to think of everything she can to entertain the person on the other end! She says and points to all of her body parts, including saying "belly" and pulling up her shirt to show it off. She did this the other day at a restaurant, too. She is very social and says hi to everyone. She was getting some attn. from the people beside her after she said hi, so then she proceeded to say "belly?" and raise her shirt up for complete strangers to see. It got her lots of attn, of course!
-She had her first haircut this month! It was really just a trim in the back, and I did it myself, but it makes it not look quite as straggly and is the first of many to come!! I really noticed, but I don't think others really did:)
-She took her first steps this month! Steven was actually the only one to see her take 2 steps at home on 10/3, but I saw her take some at church and a few at home since then, and nursery workers at school have said she has taken a couple there, too. She still does not seem super motivated in this area, but a month ago I wouldn't have said she'd have taken a step at all by this point, so I know she's making slow progress. I'm hoping by her 18 mo update, she will be voluntarily taking more steps than not. Part of the problem is that it has to be her idea. If we try to get her to walk, she usually doesn't like it and just sits down and fusses. This month she has let us hold just ONE of her hands and she will walk quite a ways. She is also standing more and more on her own, and will stand up, loose her balance, then get back up on her own over and over. I know she's capable of walking, it's just getting her to do it at this point! She's taking her sweet time I guess!
We sure do love you, little mess. You are a sweet blessing to us Miss Anne. We can't wait to see what is in store for you next month!
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| This is what I have to put up with while I'm trying to take pictures! :) |
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