Ever since getting tubes last Thursday, I feel like her talking has begun to really take off.
- When you ask her what a cat says, she'll say 'mmmmow'.
- When you ask her what a dog says, she'll kind of breathy 'woof' a few times like Riley does when the wind blows.
- She asked for 'milk' this morning.
- She'll say 'more' now - especially when you are signing and you aren't looking at her!
- She loves to say 'No' and shake her head - especially when she knows she has done something you are going to say no to. She now beats us to the punch.
- For reasons we don't understand (haha) she has looked at the boys a couple of times and we swear she has said, 'Stop!' I wonder where she gets that from!
- When she is eating and something is particularly good, she'll give us a big ol' 'mmmmm'!
- To understand the next one, you'll need to watch this video:
When Anna was little, I can remember her watching this video all the time. So whenever we think or talk about Cookie Monster, we always start singing this song in that voice. For Christmas, Caroline got a little Cookie Monster from Jack. We would pick it up and start singing that song. Recently, whenever we hold him up, she'll say 'Cookie' and start dancing. Even if we say, 'Go get Cookie Monster', she'll take off across the room and pick him up and say 'Cookie'!
In school, they work on giving hugs and patting other people on the back. At her birthday party in Jacksonville, she got a baby doll and picked that thing up and just hugged her and patted her back. We hadn't seen her do that before and it was just about the cutest thing we had ever seen! She does it all the time now and we can tell her to give something a hug and she will pick it up and squeeze it and just pat its back. Her is her giving a hug to a dog that sings and his ears flap. The dog itself is funny, but her giving the thing a hug is PRECIOUS!
Along with the hug and pat, she has also started patting the dogs. We've been working on this for a while, but just recently she has started to do it more on her own.
She can blow kisses. She'll hold her hand kind of under her chin, but she'll say 'mmmm-ma'. We've been working on it for a long time, so this is something to get pumped about!
She can do all parts to Patty Cake. They aren't always done together, but she can now successfully patty cake, roll 'em over, and throw 'em in the air!
She has become a pointer. When you pick her up, she will point to where she wants to go. Ms. Val and Ms. Nita were very impressed with that when I dropped her off this morning.
When we are eating, she'll eat what is in front of her, but she will certainly want what is on our plate - even if it is what she is eating.
Her back molars are coming in, so that is making her a bit of a picky eater. She can eat her weight in lima beans, but she won't really touch a banana and lots of other things she loved.
She is getting close to walking. You can tell that she wants to walk and she'll eyeball her destination, but she just doesn't have the confidence yet to take off. She stood for a good long while tonight and she has taken a step or two, but I don't think it will be long before she is off and running!
Once she masters stuff and we think it is so fun, she stops doing it. I know it's what those little brains do to make room for new stuff, so I'll be sure to write an update when all of this stuff has gone away and she has some new tricks!
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