We had such a fun time at your birthday party! I think you realized a little more that the day was all about you (more than last year at least) and were super excited about that! Unfortunately, being the awesome mom that I am, I only took pictures of the decorations before the party. Sigh. Nanny and Grandpa got a few videos, and posted a few pictures that I swiped, so they helped out with those below but if anyone else took any - PLEASE SHARE!
You started getting really into watching Curious George around the beginning of Thanksgiving so I thought that would be a perfect party theme...but you dropped him just as quickly when we found another show you liked better. You still liked the monkey stuff, (which is good because you got three different monkeys for your birthday and one for Christmas...) but it was more of a joke for me since you hadn't watched George in about 3 weeks at this point. Oh well :)
You still weren't overly excited about the cake part of it all though...maybe the third time we'll get a little more smashing in. I'm still hopeful :)
In other "now you're two" news:
We have new goals for PT - pulling to stand, sitting down safely (not just plopping down), working on going up the stairs (since you've mastered coming down...)
and cruising along the furniture more fluidly being the biggest ones. You decided to work on the pulling to stand part on your own. the same day your PT mentioned you needed to work on it. We were pretty excited. You've also decided that a great time to work on standing up is during worship - the pew backs are just the right height! (Sorry to anyone sitting behind us who might be a little distracted by the head popping up every few seconds...)
You continue to be obsessed with cars - in fact you got quite a few of them for your birthday and Christmas and insist on playing with every single one of them whenever we play cars. We can't just get out one or two of them. Your favorite new ones are the train from Grammie and the police car from Uncle D and Aunt C that makes all sorts of siren noises (thanks...) You've finally figured out how the ramp works that the PT brought for you to work on standing with so it gets used quite often!
You are vocalizing SO much more now! You've got a handful of words that you say consistently and clearly and are reaching the point of babbling all day long - most of it sounds REALLY important and if we don't understand you, you will find a way to make us figure it out! You also do really well with mixing your words / sounds and signs to help clarify what you want / need. Words you are saying: Mama, Dada (sometimes Daddy), bubu (bye-bye or bubbles), upa (up with heavy emphasis on the p), Lala (Lila), Sisa (Sister...Lainey is a little difficult), Apa (usually means Grandpa), nana (Nanny), Anana (banana), da (yes, this or that), and shishi (chicken). Most importantly: vi-ta which means FRITOS.
You are working on puppy (you can say it but usually don't with much confidence) and we are starting to work on animal sounds. You've got sheep down and I really need to work on getting it recorded when you're in a good mood because it is hilarious. You make a noise in the back of your throat when we ask what a cow makes that probably is more accurate than moo.
You continue to grow and learn more and more things each day - and pull things out of the past that we had completely forgotten about! You not only used your first three word/sign phrase (Sisa, eat, cracker), but you used a sign (cracker) that we haven't worked on in about 6 months - in fact, your nurse and I didn't even realize what you were saying at first because we had forgotten the sign! You have used it daily since then.
The most fun thing about this month was the two days that you carried this box around looking for Daddy. We have no idea how you knew that this box was Daddy's or why you thought he needed it back, but you were insistent!
Your favorite thing to watch right now is the Mother Goose Club and we often catch you making the signs or doing the motions to the songs throughout the day, whether the show is on or not. You've recently figured out Itsy Bitsy Spider and I caught you signing it the other day in the middle of announcements at worship. The best part was at the end when you clapped for yourself and smiled at me because you realized I was watching :)
Big things are happening starting tomorrow that require their own post, but I'll wrap this one up by saying that 2016 is going to be a great year of progress for you!!! Keep fighting and keep working!
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