Katherine, you continue to be a joy and delight. You are so much fun. I love having a toddler in the house. It is such an adventure.
A few funny or new things that you are doing this month:
- You babble all the time. Sometimes you are quite annimated with hand gestures as you are telling your story. It is especially funny when you retell something like when you got hurt. You point to the offending object such as the wall you ran into or the floor you fell on or the shoe you tripped over and you go on and on about what it did.
- You have started the annoying toddler girl scream. I have no idea where you picked this up since I do not recall you being around any screaming toddlers. For no reason you will just scream out. It is usually when you are excited about something. If it is just you and me, I choose to ignore it and that usually works. If we are where you bother others, I try to get you to stop but you find that funny and just do it more.
- Daddy started a new game with you. You often point to and name those in the room - “Mommy, Daddy, Mommy, Daddy” so daddy started having a roll call. Now when he says that you point to and name each person and they raise their hand and say here. You have added yourself though you say “oooou” meaning “you” instead of “me”. We are still working on the pronouns. It is a difficult concept.
- In the morning you usually end up in our bed. When you are ready to get out of bed and on with the day (earlier than mommy and daddy are ready) you say, “mommy, daddy, up, eat, bagel, juice”. It is very clear what you want!
- Recently you are really into Baby Einstein DVD’s and you get to watch one a day. You love it and beg for it. You point to the computer or DVD player and say, “mooooooomeeeee” meaning “movie”. You say it really drawn out and almost sad.
- You love to help mommy clean. If you can get your hands on a towel, washcloth, paper towel or baby wipe you will wipe the floors, walls, chairs or any other available surface. When you spill (accidental or on purpose), you say “mess” and then want to help clean it up.
- This week you started to tap your foot. You are not really doing it with music and it does not seem you are impatient with anything, you just tap away.
- Whenever you get on our elevator and you are not in the stroller, you run in, go to the back, turn around and start to stomp and turn around. It makes a fun noise.
- You have started to say “thank you” or “tuu tuu” when I give you something without me telling you to. What a polite little girl.
- You love to tickle. The tickle monster comes out when you tickle mommy, daddy, baby, the choo-choo train and even yourself.
- When we get home you point all around the room and tell me to turn on the lights.
- You love your baby dolls and are very nurturing towards them. It is fun to see you bundle them up, carry them around, kiss them, feed them, tuck them in and take care of them.
- In the morning I go to your closet and ask you what you want to wear. You always say blue. You don’t have many blue things so I guess we need to go shopping.
- When we were in an art museum, I asked you what color you saw the most of. It was 4 geometric pieces arranged in a single frame. Blue was the dominant color. But, you said “white” then I realized. White is the most if you count the mat around the 4 pieces. Smart girl!
- The other night a friend came over and kept making cat noises. I guess they sounded real because for the next few days you were convinced that there was a cat hiding behind the couch.
- You have started to put things in the trash that do not belong there. One night I went into the bathroom and saw a plate, ball, pacifier and burp cloth in the trash.
- You often do not like to wear a diaper and would prefer to go with nothing. I bought you some big girl panties and you really like them. The inevitable happens though and we have a mess on our hands.
- You are starting to really enjoy singing and have really cute motions to the “Itsy Bitsy Spider” and “The Wheels on the Bus”. Mommy needs to brush up on her songs because I am getting tired of the same few.
- You have the cutest run. Your entire body swings back and forth.
This had been a big month for you. We finished our 14 week trip in Norway. You had to tell all your friends goodbye. You were a trooper on the way home. We had an 8 hour flight, a 3 hour layover and a 4 hour flight. I think you are finally adjusted to the jet lag.
On your 21 month birthday you were able to visit with a lot of different family members. You saw both sets of grandparents, Uncle Ryan, Aunt Carissa, Ty, Uncle Will, Aunt Jaime and Sophia. It was a lot of fun and we have a lot to be thankful for.