16 months old
Reese is doing SO many new things each day I need to do better to keep track. Here is a very long list of her recent behaviors(...mostly for Gma's, me & jon)
-Reese is very vocal! She will "read" books on her own. She sits down with a book on the floor & jabbers (with exaggerated inflection) as she turns the pages.
-She knows lots of animal noises: cow, pig, horse, puppy, kitty, snake, duck, lion, fish, monkey, rooster & sheep. We love to ask her & listen to her make all these noises! She recognizes animals & noises in books, outside or on TV. It is so fun to see her get excited about them.
-She can say: cheese (string cheese), shoes, juice, hi, bye-bye, no, go, baby, ball, please (more like peas) & why (thanks to PBS show Super Why). She is attempting to talk more & more. She will come to me, point or raise her eyebrows & spat out some babble. I just smile at her... interpretation is not yet possible.
-Reese LOVES to dance! She has this adorable shoulder move she has done since she was like 10 months old. Now she just wiggles and groves all over. She dances anytime she hears an upbeat song. If she is in the car she wiggles & smiles or bobs her head to the beat. It kills me because she is always on beat! If she is playing with toys, & hears a commercial on TV she stands up, stops what she is doing & dances.
-All four canine teeth have officially broke through! Teeth total=16
-She is loving the fact that she is more independent. She is feeding herself (every now & then)
successfully with a spoon or fork. She likes pizza, peas, corn, ravioli, pasta, grapes, watermelon, applesauce, cheese, chocolate milk & more. She is a pretty good eater most days.
-Her independence is however often turning into temper tantrums. She has had a few lately. Luckily they are few & far between. But man, if she wants something bad enough she will let it be known!
-Reese wants to walk everywhere! This new found freedom of walking has her in heaven. She is getting fast too! The cause of 99% of her tantrums are do us leaving somewhere, or making her sit in her stroller, or carseat. She just wants to be free to run around!
-Since Reese has only been walking for two months she is getting faster & more confident walking around. But she will often pause at the edge of the sidewalk before going onto the grass just to make sure she is going to clear that tremendous 1/2 inch difference. She is ridiculously cautious.
-She just figured out how to climb up on the chair & couch in our family room.
-I just got her a baby/doll & she loves to hug, kiss & feed it a bottle. She will also "pretend" share her snacks with her (Even makes little munching noises while her doll eats).
-She is opening & closing doors all over the house.
-She is still wearing lots of 3-9 month shorts/pants but more 9-12 month tops. In size 3 diapers. Weighs 22.8 lbs. I haven't bought her new clothes since May. Plus with the weather still in the 80+ she can still wear her summer stuff. BONUS! I think next month I will get her a few long sleeve shirts.
-Although skinny, she towers over kids her age! She is very tall!
-Jon & I are a little nervous because she is kind of turning into a "bully". She has no problem stealing toys or food & walking right through other kids. It's more to the younger ones. I think it's because she is bigger than them. With the older kids she just wants to follow them & laugh at them. She does play nice usually but every now & then she isn't. I wonder how she will do in nursery in December.
-Reese is now in a forward facing car seat. We finally figured 22 lbs was big enough to be done with the baby carrier car seat! She was thrilled to be forward facing!
-She loves to sing. On Friday mornings we go to a singing time class. There is a song about "You & Me." She will randomly start singing it all the time! It's so cute. She knows the actions to several songs too.
-She loves to tickle jon & I. She thinks it is so funny. She giggles & covers her mouth with her hands.
-EVERY TIME she laughs really hard for longer than 15 seconds or so she gets the hiccups! She has done that since 6 month old.
We love her SO much & are enjoying watching her grow & learn.
A few weeks ago we went with some friends of ours to a local pumpkin patch.
This is Jackson, Reese & Lexi. It was 90 degrees. I put her in leg warmers. I was feeling nostalgic for fall weather I guess...
When I get my camera out, I swear she purposely tries not to look at me or smile...
There were tons of animals. Reese loved walking around and talking to them all. I loved that a lot of fences were low so she could actually see. Notice the palm tree below. We all thought it was fun to be on a farm with palm trees.
There were several pens that you could go in and pet the animals. Reese didn't get near anything! She kept her distance & yelled "baaaa" at all the goats.
She loved these little chicks. She laughed & laughed at them. I was surprised she dared put her finger in there...it did get nibbled on, but she went back for more.
These two would have played in here for 5 hours!
She would have stayed on the train that long too!
We will definitely go back to this place next year! There were more things to do but she isn't quite big enough yet to enjoy them.
